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‘In Botanical Time’ explores the ways Earth’s oldest plants cheat death

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How shifting tectonic plates drove Earth's climate swings

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Ion trap enables 1 minute in the nanocosmos

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Ancient Mesopotamian medical texts reveal the role of divine sanctuaries in treating ear and spleen ailments

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Bull sharks are spending longer in Sydney Harbor and other summer grounds—here's how you can stay safe

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A faint signal from the Universe’s dark ages could reveal dark matter

9/11 WTC Health Program workforce cut by 25% under Kennedy as patient count rises, advocates say

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Surprisingly in sync: Sunlight and sediments reveal climate history of Antarctica

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James Webb catches an exoplanet losing its atmosphere in real time

Gaia data release reveals four substructures in open cluster NGC 752

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An electrically powered source of entangled light on a chip

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Your brain does something surprising when you don’t sleep

As the U.S. marks a year of measles outbreaks, is the disease back for good?

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Developmental language disorder can have life-long effects—and it's easily missed in multilingual children

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Mars once had a vast sea the size of the Arctic Ocean

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Is AI really conscious—or are we bringing it to life?

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Can a ‘brain in a vat’ be conscious?

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4 shark bites in 48 hours: How what we do on land may shape shark behavior

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Study captures rare glimpse into urban hedgehog life—and reveals impact of feeding on garden visits

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Deep sea mining is the next geopolitical frontline—and the Pacific is in the crosshairs

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Your guide to 29 wildly different theories of consciousness

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Which dog breed stereotypes are true? Here’s the science

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What is consciousness? Science faces its hardest problem yet

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Science crossword: Consciousness carriers

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Readers respond to the October 2025 issue

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Poem: ‘E = mc²’

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Math puzzle: A winning loser

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Life’s evil twins—mirror cells—could doom Earth if scientists don’t stop them

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JWST could finally spot the very first stars in the universe

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How extremophile molds are destroying museum artifacts

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Heal injuries faster with new science

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February 2026: Science history from 50, 100 and 150 years ago

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A bright light in the dark

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Scientists discover a hidden RNA 'aging clock' in human sperm

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Research finds teacher-student relationship key driver for teacher well-being

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Sunscreens made from ground-up wood reach an SPF of over 180

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New quantum boundary discovered: Spin size determines how the Kondo effect behaves

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Ancient 'spaghetti' in dogs' hearts reveals surprising origins of heartworm

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Full value added tax on meat: A first step towards pricing the environmental damages caused by diets

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Geomagnetic storm to bring northern lights to central US

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Surfer bitten in 4th shark attack off Australia's east coast in 3 days

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A common painkiller may be quietly changing cancer risk

Scientists solve a major roadblock holding back cancer cell therapy

Scientists discover why some wounds refuse to heal

A global DNA study reveals a hidden threat in diabetic foot infections

ALMA reveals teenage years of new worlds

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A two-week leap in breeding: Antarctic penguins' striking climate adaptation

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Examining climate risks to insurance and reinsurance of global supply chains

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A wobbling black hole jet is stripping a galaxy of star-forming gas

Building the world's first open-source quantum computer

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