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Mathematicians launch First Proof, a first-of-its-kind math exam for AI

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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show highlighted Puerto Rico’s power grid. Here’s why

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Reparations research highlights roots of African inequality

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Physicists clarify key mechanism behind energy release in molybdenum-93

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When Valentine's Day forces a relationship reckoning

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Why walking in a national park in the dark prompts people to turn off lights at home

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The brilliant and bizarre ways birds use their sense of smell—from natural cologne to pest control

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Drastic seaweed growth threatens marine life and fishing—but also offers opportunities

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The Woman Who Paved the Way for IVF

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Why do disasters still happen, despite early warnings? Because systems are built to wait for certainty

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How husbands and wives try to find a balance between beauty and status—new research

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Looking for advanced aliens? Search for exoplanets with large coal deposits

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Why melting glaciers are drawing more visitors and what that says about climate change

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Scientists harness nature's chirality bias to design series of complex mechanically interlocked molecules

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Elon Musk says SpaceX will prioritize establishing a city on the moon instead of building a Mars colony

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Rural backlash against green levies 'rooted in sense of unfairness'

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'Hidden' group of gut bacteria may be essential to good health

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Your BMI can't tell you much about your health – here's what can

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We’re finally abandoning BMI for better ways to assess body fat

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Daily cups of caffeinated coffee or mugs of tea may lower dementia risk

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Quantum dots reveal entropy production, a key measure of nanoscale energy dissipation

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New study reveals why adults go missing repeatedly—and how better support could break the cycle

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Tree planting can combat urban heat, but some neighborhoods are falling behind

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Leading AI models struggle to solve original math problems

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Fed on Reams of Cell Data, AI Maps New Neighborhoods in the Brain

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Simple at-home tests strips can detect cat and dog viruses

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A long-lost Soviet spacecraft: AI could finally solve the mystery of Luna 9's landing site

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How fast can a microlaser switch 'modes?' A simple rule reveals a power-law time scaling

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Third exoplanet detected in the planetary system HD 176986

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How big can a planet be? With very large gas giants, it can be hard to tell

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How an ancient seafloor turned Arkansas into 'Sharkansas,' a shark fossil hotspot

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Research finds AI-integrated coursework strengthens student learning and career skills

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The world’s oldest piece of clothing might be an Ice Age–era hide from Oregon

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The Dying Children Who Suddenly Wake Up

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Specific cognitive training has 'astonishing' effect on dementia risk

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Mathematicians discover new ways to make round shapes

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Scientists were wrong for decades about DNA knots

Jeff Goldblum should make a film about this legendary mathematician

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Yellowstone’s earthquakes spark microbial boom deep underground

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This popular diet was linked to a much lower stroke risk

A secret cell alliance may explain why ovarian cancer is so deadly

Hearing aids didn’t boost memory tests but dementia risk dropped

'Quad God' Ilia Malinin and the science of figure skating's near-impossible jumps

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Physicists can now take control of 'hidden' friction in devices

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Babies are born with rhythm as NASA’s Artemis II faces delays and solar flares surge

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First evidence of a subsurface lava tube on Venus

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Ancient seafarers helped shape Arctic ecosystems

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SpaceX shifts focus from Mars to moon, Musk says

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US astronaut to take her 3-year-old's cuddly rabbit into space

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Ancient Chinese medicine may hold the key to hair regrowth