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Striped mice survive harsh drought by slowing down and not getting stressed

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Earth's climate is more out of balance than any time in record history, U.N. warns

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Mining a methane-degrading bioreactor for protein rubies

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The simple questions cracking the hard problem of consciousness

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Moby Dick 'ship sinking' sperm whales caught headbutting on camera

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Dangerous microbes may be hiding in drought-stricken soils

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Ancient 'syphilis-like' disease in Vietnam challenges long-held assumptions on congenital infection

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Online ad fraud is a feature, not a bug

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Self-cleaning fabric could eliminate the need for detergent

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Are Strings Still Our Best Hope for a Theory of Everything?

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Quantum computers could have a fundamental limit after all

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Saturn-mass world discovered orbiting two low-mass stars

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In a rare event, the moon got a massive new crater

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Hydrogen shell detected around Nova Persei 1901 may be a planetary nebula

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Did you hear the one about scientists telling jokes? Not many did, according to a study of humor at conferences

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Electric current stabilizes spins at unstable points for new types of computing

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Superconducting quantum processor performs well with significantly less wiring

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Mysterious comet disintegration caught by telescope after lucky break

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Field-portable assays help scientists study and explore caves

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Police misconduct is often traceable to warning signs before hire: Study recommends national hiring standards

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Female giant rainforest mantises grow up to strike harder than males

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How soil microbes may control the future of our planet

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The Parasite That Garbles the Mating Calls of Male Tree Frogs

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Research team examine ethical and methodological use of generative artificial intelligence in higher education

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'Zombie' cells created by transplanting genomes into dead bacteria

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'Space archaeology' reveals first dynamic history of a giant spiral galaxy

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What color is this dot? New illusion demonstrates weird vision quirk

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Spring heat dome, a blow to RFK, Jr.’s health agenda, SpaceX Starlink milestone

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Scientists discover Alzheimer’s hidden “death switch” in the brain

Russia resumes use of space launch site damaged in accident

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Planet trapped record heat in 2025: UN

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An end to the battle between touchscreens and long fingernails is on the horizon

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Long nails don’t work on touchscreens. An experimental polish could help

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Most people get food’s environmental impact completely wrong, study finds

Microplastics are falling from the sky and polluting forests

Security credentials inadvertently leaked on thousands of websites

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New blood test could catch pancreatic cancer before it’s too late

A promising fatty liver treatment may raise cancer risk

Neutrality can speed up and stabilize collective decisions, new study shows

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Scientists discover surprising brain trigger behind high blood pressure

World’s first quantum battery could enable ultra fast charging

Scientists twisted a mysterious superconductor and got a shocking result

This floating time crystal breaks Newton’s third law of motion

Measuring irreversibility in gene transcription

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Two-thirds of workers are burned out—here's what science says about how to tackle it

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How conversation works—and why people with hearing loss rely more on their powers of prediction

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Sea turtle shells reveal hidden records of ocean change

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Fiber-optic sensors reveal how farming destroys soil's natural structure

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Study maps particulate thiols across western North Pacific, tracing them to phytoplankton

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Palm oil, cocoa, coffee… Who's going to tend to tomorrow's large tropical plantations?

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