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Maryland’s crabs are gluttonous cannibals, decades-long study finds

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Judge temporarily blocks key parts of RFK, Jr.’s effort to overhaul U.S. childhood vaccines

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Why blizzards, heat waves, tornados and floods are all hitting the U.S. this week

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Landmark offshore wind farms come online in the U.S.

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Deadly campus meningitis outbreak in the U.K. kills 2, sickens many more

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Brain implant allows people who are paralyzed to type using their thoughts at speed of texting

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As AI keeps improving, mathematicians struggle to foretell their own future

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A 100-year-old theory might explain what’s wrong with quantum mechanics

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Oil shock, nuclear doubts, climate‑change-driven hail, and new insights on the aging-gut-brain connection

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Scientists revive activity in frozen mouse brains for the first time

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Spaceflight supercharges viruses’ ability to infect bacteria

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What Zootopia 2 gets right about the science of snakes

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What Bugonia reveals about the real search for aliens

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Can DNA testing tell identical twins on trial apart?

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Fresh claim of making elusive ‘hexagonal’ diamond is the strongest yet

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Earth’s days are getting longer. Climate change is to blame

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24 mice launched to orbit in 2023. What happened to their bodies could help humans better survive in space

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What Hoppers got dam right about beavers

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China just approved its first brain implant for commercial use, a world first

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Katharine Burr Blodgett’s story shows how a brilliant legacy can be forgotten

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It was a record hot winter for the U.S. despite chilly weather in the east

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OpenAI and Ginkgo Bioworks show how AI can accelerate scientific discovery

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Why Friday the 13th is a mathematical inevitability

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Have astronomers found a runaway monster black hole?

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Raccoons will solve puzzles just for fun

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Mathematicians find one pi formula to rule them all

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How RFK, Jr.’s controversial ideas are shaping Americans’ health

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Ryan Gosling talks Project Hail Mary, hopeful science fiction and the challenge of portraying zero g

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NASA says it’s a ‘go’ for fresh Artemis II moon launch attempt but admits risks remain

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Dolphins have been stranding in droves on the shores of Patagonia. Scientists think they’ve found the culprit

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GPS spoofing is scrambling ships in the Strait of Hormuz

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How to find pi in randomness all around you

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How to build a moon base

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War in Iran triggers an unprecedented disruption in global oil

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Endometriosis takes years to diagnose. A new ultrasound simulator could help doctors better recognize it

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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS is exceptionally alcoholic

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Humans ‘catch’ fear from robots that breathe like they’re scared

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The sun and thousands of its twins migrated across the Milky Way just in time

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AI autocomplete doesn’t just change how you write. It changes how you think

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Iran was nowhere close to a nuclear bomb, experts say

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The gut microbiome may influence brain aging, mouse study suggests

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The universe’s brightest supernovae are turbocharged by newborn magnetars

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The FDA approves leucovorin for rare genetic condition and not for autism

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See Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano erupt, shooting lava 1,300 feet into the air

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Why we’re bad at detecting lies, according to scientists—and The Traitors

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Music even makes you blink to the beat

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Sports gambling could be boosting binge drinking in young men

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A single course of antibiotics may reshape the gut microbiome for years

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Where did magic mushrooms come from? Scientists just got closer to an answer

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What is the ‘acid rain’ in the wake of U.S. bombings in Iran?

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