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Celebrate America’s 250th birthday at a new state flower exhibit

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Here’s Why Dreams During Naps Are So Weird

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You don’t need intense workouts to build muscle, new study reveals

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The spring migration of birds is peaking. Here’s how to watch

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Peptides are unproven as health aids. FDA may unleash them anyway

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This 275-million-year-old animal had a twisted jaw like nothing alive today

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NHS England rushes to hide software over AI hacking fears

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This “Pink Floyd” spider hunts prey 6x its size and lives in walls

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The 4 biggest myths about hydration, according to an expert

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Oxford physicists achieve first-ever “quadsqueezing” breakthrough in quantum physics

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This new aluminum could replace rare metals and cut costs dramatically

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Children's voices overlooked in research consent processes, experts warn

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What celebrity worship says about self-worth

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How do close binary stars form?

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What is the Kardashev scale, and can we climb it?

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What is the AI compute crunch, and why are AI tools hitting usage limits?

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Oak trees use delaying tactics to thwart hungry caterpillars

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‘Spectacular’ Viking coin hoard discovery is likely the largest in history

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Trump, ibogaine and the science behind the psychedelics boom in the U.S.

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Will Colombia summit kick-start the end of the fossil fuel era?

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Why I explore our inevitable love for robots in my novel Luminous

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Read an extract from Luminous by Silvia Park

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How oak trees outwit their predators

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New treatment cuts bad cholesterol by nearly 50% without statins

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India's cows offer biogas alternative to Mideast energy crunch

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Wreckage of a US Coast Guard ship lost during WWI has been found off the coast of England

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The rings of Uranus are even stranger than we thought

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Why drinking more water didn’t prevent kidney stones

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A citizen campaign returns iconic kiwi birds to New Zealand's capital after a century-long absence

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An unorthodox version of quantum theory could reveal what reality is

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Your gut takes a “double hit” from stress and late-night eating

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Don’t toss cannabis leaves: Scientists found rare compounds with medical potential

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The rich are more likely to use AI, exposing a new digital divide

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US–Indian space mission maps extreme subsidence in Mexico City

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Surprising obesity discovery rewrites decades of fat metabolism science

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Overcoming the algorithmic gender bias in AI‑driven personal finance

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From smoking to stigma: How screen stories influence health

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Twisting water reveals hidden order across four molecular layers at air-water interface

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Why real-time teamwork dashboards can backfire instead of improving collaboration

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Integrated land planning could ease food, energy and biodiversity conflicts worldwide

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Heat and cold alter how animals fight disease. As the climate changes, this knowledge may be vital

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DAMPE satellite reveals cosmic rays share spectral break near 15 teravolts

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Drivers help study road-trip mystery: what became of bug splats?

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How temperature swings impact the growth of young songbirds

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A longstanding quantum roadblock just fell, opening existing fiber networks to ultra-secure light signals

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Optical design unlocks direct Raman detection of ångström-scale ultrathin molecular layers at interfaces

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Why Kamchatka's magnitude 8.8 earthquake brought a smaller tsunami—and where risk may remain

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Tiny fossil shells hold two chemical signals that could skew past ocean temperatures

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Single-vesicle profiling could push liquid biopsies toward everyday clinical use

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Standardized runoff dataset could improve forecasts of urban microplastic pollution

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