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Breaking the ice: Scientists use attracting particles to form an anti-spin ice

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Scientists say a forgotten particle may explain why the universe exists

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Scientists discover the hidden “muscles” trees use to straighten themselves

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Scientists discover a hidden driver of high cholesterol and a way to stop it

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This oddball reflective lava world is challenging to understand

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Looking for bats after dark can help science—and change how we see them

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Giant virus yields potassium channel gene that illuminates complex protein evolution

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Why do people prefer human empathy despite rating AI empathy higher?

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Chemists develop AI tool to convert human ingenuity into life-enhancing enzymes

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Calling species 'invasive'—and culling them—isn't done lightly. But it matters to Australia's threatened species

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Ultracold atoms simulate hard-to-observe matter-antimatter pair production

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Four superconducting cables link two large quantum processors into one

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Rare Iron Age Celtic helmet discovered in northeastern Poland far from its homeland

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New gel fuel could make rocket and satellite propulsion easier to control

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Scientists finally discover how a common gut bacterium can trigger colon cancer

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A mysterious 4,000-year-old wall is rewriting North Africa’s history

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Rare fossil discovery reveals new dinosaur species that specialized in eating fruit

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Scientists discover metals that defy the deep freeze at -424°F

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