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Top Science Stories For January

FEB 01, 2019
January’s coolest science stories summed up.
Top Science Stories for January

References:
1 - Causal deconvolution by algorithmic generative models (https://www.nature.com/articles/s42256-018-0005-0 )

2 - Learning agile and dynamic motor skills for legged robots (http://robotics.sciencemag.org/content/4/26/eaau5872 )

3 - Cortical column and whole-brain imaging with molecular contrast and nanoscale resolution (http://science.sciencemag.org/content/363/6424/eaau8302 )

4 - Shutdown imperils NASA’s decadelong ice-measuring campaign (https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/01/shutdown-imperils-nasa-s-decade… )

5 - The shutdown may snarl a 60-year study of wolves and moose — the world’s longest predator-prey research (https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/01/11/shutdown-may-snarl-ye… )

6 - Synthetic glycolate metabolism pathways stimulate crop growth and productivity in the field (http://science.sciencemag.org/content/363/6422/eaat9077 )

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