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Why do crabs walk sideways? Scientists trace it back 200 million years

18th-century mechanical volcano roars to life 250 years later

Boosting one protein helps the brain fight Alzheimer’s

The “big one” might not come alone: Double West Coast earthquake threat

Do octopus brains work like humans’—or is there another way to be smart?

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Scientists sound alarm as dangerous amoebas spread globally

Astronomers finally solve the gamma-Cas X-ray mystery after 50 years

This laser turns metal into a star-like plasma in trillionths of a second

Scientists discover a hidden brain “cleaning” effect triggered by movement

What Hurt This Jurassic Sea Monster?

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Farewell to a Giant of Botany

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A SpaceX rocket booster may be on track to hit the moon in August

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Watch NASA test its new X-59 jet designed to go faster than the speed of sound

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Uncovering Hidden Martian Glaciers With Drones

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The way a cell fails to divide after copying its DNA can determine its fate

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Policies intended to protect trade secrets may limit late-career wages

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2026 will be the hottest year on record, leading scientist predicts

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A new way to plan trajectories to asteroids

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Slower access, faster chemistry: Nanoreactor design improves catalysis by balancing molecular flow

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How Does Your Brain Know a Cat Is a Cat?

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Americans care more about future generations than many think—and that gap could matter for policy

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Bigger, faster, but still outfoxed: How prey escape predators

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5th-century Belgian burial with 'scrap metal' may reveal missing link between Roman and Merovingian monetary systems

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Dolls beat screens for building children's social skills, study finds

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New lithium-plasma engine passes key Mars propulsion test

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How genetic information helps cells resist chaos and stay alive

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A third of U.S. adults don’t get enough sleep, new CDC report warns

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Living near a gas station raises childhood cancer risk, study shows

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Understanding the inspiration for social entrepreneurship

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Celebrate America’s 250th birthday at a new state flower exhibit

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US lawmakers vote to cut science spending—but reject Trump’s sweeping reductions

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Explosive evaporation unlocks new possibilities in 3D printing and chemical analysis

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Sentinel-1D goes live: A milestone for Europe's radar mission

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AI tackles one of math's most brutal problems: Inverse PDEs

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'A study showed…' isn't enough—scientific knowledge builds incrementally as researchers revisit questions

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A Treasure Trove of Cambrian Fossils Rewrites the Story of Early Life

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Long-term study of COVID lockdown and family life shows unexpected, lasting effects on fatherhood

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Sramcbled wrods: The real reason you can still read jumbled text

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Should politics influence science, and vice versa? National Science Board's ousting resurrects an existential debate

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When the Schuylkill swallowed the city: Lessons from Hurricane Ida's historic flood

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Here’s Why Dreams During Naps Are So Weird

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After flames strip hillsides bare, the next storm can unleash something far more destructive downstream

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How to talk to children when terrorist attacks and violence dominate the news

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You don’t need intense workouts to build muscle, new study reveals

Intimate partner violence is a hidden contributor to women's suicide

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DESI-HVS1 is an old hypervelocity star ejected from the galactic center, observations suggest

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The spring migration of birds is peaking. Here’s how to watch

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Peptides are unproven as health aids. FDA may unleash them anyway

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Hunting the elusive Eta Aquariid meteors

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Under crushing hypergravity, fruit flies adapt—and recover

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