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How a repurposed medical device is helping us investigate ancient climate tipping points

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Why climate action stalls, despite widespread popular support

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Cyclone Gabrielle exposed the risks of forestry slash: New research suggests little has changed

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Northern Sri Lanka's oldest confirmed settlement reshapes what archaeologists thought about early island life

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New obesity discovery rewrites decades of fat science

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Asteroid Apophis will skim past Earth in 2029, and a new joint mission plans to watch every change

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What I’m Watching This Weekend

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New Long-Necked Dinosaur Unearthed in Brazil Has European Roots

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Anion swap unlocks sevenfold CO₂ capture in polyionic liquids

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Wildfire breaks out inside Chernobyl exclusion zone

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US government releases huge batch of UFO files

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Myanmar says giant 11,000-carat ruby found in Mogok could rank among most valuable

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Plants evolved distinct functions for two forms of a fundamental signaling molecule, study shows

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Antarctica sea ice collapse driven by triple whammy of climate chaos, scientists find

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Hubble Captures Traveling Galaxy in Stunning Detail

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The moon's largest impact crater scattered something priceless—and Artemis may be heading straight into it

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Metamorphosis in newts proves costly, with one sex paying a heavier price

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Spaceflight leaves astronauts' joints unchanged after 18 days on ISS, early data suggest

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From flying discs to glowing orbs, these newly opened Pentagon files point somewhere stranger than expected

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Spiral galaxy's brilliant heart shines bright in a new picture from NASA's Webb telescope

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See the Pentagon’s new UFO image release

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Vast atmospheric waves on Venus are caused by largest known 'hydraulic jump'

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Scientists split gentoo penguins into four species, one totally new to science

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If wings came before flight, what were they for?

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Old bottles and battery acid can drive production of valuable industrial chemicals

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Why infected stink bugs lift their wings: Hidden parasite escape caught on camera

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Doubling their genomes may have helped plants survive mass extinctions

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Lab-evolved cyanobacteria survive minute-by-minute light swings, offering clues to hardier crops

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Understanding Japan's complex religious landscape

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Where Does Novelty Come From?

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Dinosaur dental fossils reveal bird-like parental care bonds

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U.S. neutrino megaproject takes shape in abandoned gold mine

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Pentagon releases trove of new UFO files, but skeptics aren’t impressed

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Nanoparticles overcome drug-resistant cancer via sequential drug release and photothermal therapy

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Fire is spreading in the Chernobyl exclusion zone after drone crash

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Plants survived the dinosaur-killing asteroid by duplicating genomes, study suggests

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To understand black holes, physicists turn to a mathematical ‘Rosetta stone’

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How Juno Can Still Beam Back Breathtaking Images of Jupiter

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Will We Ever Be Able To Forecast Volcanic Eruptions Like Weather?

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TikTok algorithm showed a pro-Republican bias during the last US presidential election

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New task-setting study shows that male bumblebees are more active and adaptable

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There’s a been a sudden increase in the rate of sea level rise

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Nanoscale design channels hybrid light–vibration waves to carry heat more efficiently

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How a strange fruit fly became a bloodthirsty underwater hunter

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What makes some couples bounce back from stress so quickly? New clues emerge from cortisol and partner behavior

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One fifth of flowering plant evolutionary history is at risk of extinction, experts warn

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Nearly 3,000 peer-reviewed medical papers have fake citations, AI-assisted audit finds

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Saltwater crocodiles raised in captivity don't return to breeding centers after being released into the wild

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Why some brain cells are particularly vulnerable to multiple sclerosis

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This anti-CRISPR stops the protein assembly line in bacteria

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