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Are aliens harvesting the spin of stars?

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Oh deer: The threat munching its way through NZ's native forests

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New research reveals mass shootings and suicide deaths share summer peaks

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Can bees sense magnetic fields?

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Why Jupiter has several giant moons but Saturn has only Titan

Virtual reality fish platform offers insights into the impact of artificial light on aquatic life

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The best science books to read this summer, according to Scientific American editors

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Eating within 8 hours may help keep the aging brain sharp

Why the same DNA damage causes cancer in some people but not others

After 241 days in orbit this NASA astronaut is finally home

A US-Russian space crew lands safely in Kazakhstan after an 8-month stint on the ISS

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French firefighters face 'pyrocumulonimbus' for first time

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Whales at risk, hungry pelicans: Marine heat wave hits California

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France, Spain battle 'monster' wildfires with more heat on the way

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Saber-toothed cats' spinal tumors suggest inbred species struggled to survive

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Spines of saber-toothed cats tell a tale of the doomed species

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Tigray's old grapevines have survived against the odds: New research uncovers their genetic and historic value

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Near a black hole, gravity changes a quantum circuit's readings, not its rules

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Forest productivity, not rapid warming, shapes Northern Eurasia's carbon sink

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Twisted laser light distinguishes mirror-image molecules by their fragment counts

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When a teenager makes the 'stupid choice,' their brain is working exactly as designed

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Gamma-ray pulsations reveal extreme 3.2-millisecond pulsar 3,900 light-years away

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Trace molecules emerge as chemical 'keystones' that steer life's communities

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A quantum heat engine that simultaneously provides work and refrigeration

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DNA vacuum captures animal traces from air to map Danish wildlife

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Jimothy the Raccoon Survived Against the Odds, a Testament to Sophisticated Brains and Devoted Mothers

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The best way to save giant sequoias may be more fire

Your AI calorie-tracking app may be off by 345 calories

Angola's oldest burials, including its only known ancient cremation, uncovered at a 15th-century site doomed by a dam

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CRISPR makes prostate cancer vulnerable to immunotherapy

Why losing the wrong fat can trigger diabetes

As wildfires grip France and Spain, what are the risks from the smoke?

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A hidden Alzheimer’s tipping point may decide who gets dementia

550 years later, scientists claim to have solved what killed Botticelli’s muse

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Scotland declares 'major' wildfire in Cairngorms national park

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Thousands crowd shelters as wildfires force exodus in France, Spain

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Inside the Backrooms: The internet’s creepiest place is becoming a tourist attraction

Hidden genetic diversity helped inbred brown tree snakes conquer guam

Scientists trace the shocking origin of human eyes to an ancient “cyclops”

'I can't work in the farce of climate change cruise tourism anymore': Why Antarctic guides quit their dream jobs

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New research shows how language experience shapes human communication

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'I get caught up in the numbers game': Why useful social media content gets lost online

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Unwritten social rules, not government oversight, help keep forest land sustainable

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Syria's ancient sites face widespread looting and systematic bulldozing, satellite images reveal

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New model maps how social media users repeatedly spread misinformation

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Cameras attached to whale sharks capture krill chases never witnessed before

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China evacuates 340,000 people as Typhoon Noul approaches

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Spain fights to 'save lives' as wildfire evacuees shelter in Madrid

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SpaceX launches Starship on another test flight, this time with the most advanced Starlinks

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The hunt for a natural molecule that can release cellular energy

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