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Do beaver dams really make flooding worse? Research casts doubt on beavers as flood culprits

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Super magma reservoirs discovered beneath Tuscany

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'I never really know how to answer that': Why do women still have to justify being single?

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A tiny wall spider named for Pink Floyd is hunting urban pests up to six times its size

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The once-theoretical skyrmion could unlock supercomputing memory

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Could dark matter be made of black holes from a different universe?

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Bonobos' peaceful reputation cracks after a rival group attack leaves an infant dead

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Droplet impacts reveal surprising physics in shear-thickening fluids

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The quietest place we've ever listened from

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Mammal ancestors laid eggs, and this 250-million-year-old fossil finally proves it

AI spots hidden behavior patterns in self-organizing bacteria

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Researchers unveil new AI-driven system set to transform coral reef restoration

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Scientists just discovered 5.6 million bees under a New York State cemetery

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Scientists just recreated a rare cosmic reaction never seen before

Next-generation atomic clock successfully tested at sea

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Quantum computers could usher in a crisis worse than Y2K

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Hazy, hot and… shady? How street trees counteract air pollution and heat in American cities

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Smithsonian secrets most likely to blow your mind

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Cosmic dust identified as the source of Venus' enigmatic lower haze

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Scientists just debunked a 50-year myth about Hawaii’s birds

Four weeks of 'safe' low-level PFAS exposure in tap water altered embryo development in mice

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Scientists discover why bread can cause weight gain without extra calories

Bats on a break: Tracking the secret life of pond bats

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Blocking a single protein supercharges the immune system against cancer

A 'blob' in a tank is helping scientists tease out the secrets of turbulence

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Lonely people have worse memory but don’t decline faster, study finds

Whales go quiet during noisy underwater surveys

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New research finds workers are leveraging AI for career mobility as employers struggle to keep pace

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From autism to migraines, birth order may have wide-reaching effects

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Logged forests burn more severely than old growth, Tasmanian study finds

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Chandra explores interstellar medium of a bright low-mass X-ray binary

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Human urine could help tackle global fertilizer and wastewater challenges, study finds

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New model for understanding antisemitism can serve as framework, guide for developing interventions

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The 'ungrateful lungfish': Study focuses on sustainable food sources for very hungry ancient fish

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The real science of Pokémon

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Unlikely paths to discovery

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The engineering marvels hidden inside six-figure watches

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Science crossword: Hot stuff

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Readers respond to the January 2026 issue

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Poem: ‘How I Became a Spitfire Pilot during My Cataract Operation’

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New evidence links heart disease to inflammation—and drugs can stop it

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May 2026: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago

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Mathematicians created an ‘impossible’ shape that shouldn’t exist

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How two mathematicians solved a cryptography mystery

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How to build a space hotel

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How physicists found a new type of magnet hiding in plain sight

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How chemists engineer the signature smells of luxury perfumes

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Expensive versus affordable binoculars—what’s the difference?

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DARPA built an AI to fact-check enemy weapons claims

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A hot pair of supplements, creatine and methylene blue dye, may not work together

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