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New ‘Cicada’ COVID variant is spreading in the U.S.—here’s what to know

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These snakes steal poison from their prey—here's how they know they have enough

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NASA’s nuclear Mars mission, Iran war’s carbon emissions surge and Pfizer’s promising Lyme vaccine trial

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NASA astronauts are counting down to the Artemis II moon launch

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Static electricity has baffled scientists for centuries. Can new research solve the puzzle?

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Can you survive inside a tornado? This scientist did by accident—he’s lucky to be alive

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How ultraprecise ‘nuclear clocks’ could transform timekeeping

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How to build self-control, according to psychologists

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How human neurons on a chip learned to play Doom

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NASA’s Artemis II astronauts arrive in Florida ahead of moon launch

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Trump’s new science panel includes 9 tech billionaires—and just one scientist

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AI wrote a scientific paper that passed peer review

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We thought we knew the shape of the universe. We were wrong

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NASA spots comet reversing its spin in a first for science

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How do mRNA vaccines work, and why are they safe and effective?

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Is the universe swarming with tiny black holes?

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The truth about pain that your doctor might not tell you

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Why your psoriasis flares up in the same spots

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Sperm whales help one another give birth, new study finds

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AI chatbots are sucking up to you—with consequences for your relationships

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Arctic sea ice hits lowest winter level on record

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Human sperm get lost in space, pioneering study finds

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What happens when AI starts checking mathematicians’ work

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Why mathematicians are boycotting their biggest conference

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Does red-light therapy work? What the research says

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Inside NASA’s audacious plan to save a doomed space telescope

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How hacked surveillance cameras are fueling assassinations in Iran

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NASA releases stunning new Saturn images—and the gas giant has never looked so good

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Top climate scientist Kate Marvel just resigned from NASA. Here's why

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Earth’s magnetic field may be more powerful than we thought

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Jury finds Meta and YouTube negligent in landmark social media addiction case

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Physicists just took a road trip with a load of antimatter. Here’s how it went

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That minty-fresh feeling? Scientists now know how our bodies feel cold

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Can AI actually solve real math proofs? Researchers put it to the test

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NASA unveils ambitious new moon base plans

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Mathematicians can’t agree on whether 0.999... equals 1

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Pinot noir’s popularity has medieval roots

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NASA pushes space industry to use the ISS as a test ground for future stations

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NASA announces nuclear-powered Mars mission by 2028

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Astronomers witness the birth of a new solar system

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Is social media addictive? The science reveals what’s at stake

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Why the LaGuardia plane crash was so destructive

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Iran attack on Qatar’s liquid natural gas trains has global energy consequences

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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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Dangerous microbes may be hiding in drought-stricken soils

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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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How stress causes an eczema flare-up

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Can future astronauts be put into comas for space travel like in Project Hail Mary?

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U.K.’s deadly meningitis outbreak shows importance of vaccination

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