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Russia’s Space Program Is Another Casualty of the War in Ukraine

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See Earth’s Forests as Never Before in Biomass Satellite’s First Images

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Rubin Observatory Data Flood Will Let the Universe Alert Astronomers 10 Million Times a Night

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Summer Learning Loss Happens, but Kids Quickly Recover

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World’s Oldest Rocks Confirmed in Canada

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Cells Can ‘Hear’ Sounds—And Respond Genetically

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Why Did the Company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline Sue Greenpeace?

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Weather Forecasters Lose Crucial Hurricane Detection Microwave Satellite Data

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Solar-Powered Slug Steals Chloroplasts and Stores Them for Emergency Food

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Meditation’s Benefits Stretch Beyond the Person Who Meditates

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New Proof Dramatically Compresses Space Needed for Computation

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Could the Solar System Lose a Planet to a Passing Star?

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Creating Bird Flu Vaccines for Humans at a Biosecure Laboratory

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Does Using ChatGPT Really Change Your Brain Activity?

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These Actions Could Make Vaccines Safer. But RFK, Jr., Isn’t Pursuing Them

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A Gigantic Megacomet Is Erupting as It Zooms through the Solar System

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Heat Domes Are Hotter and Lingering Longer—Because of the Arctic

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Math Enthusiasts Unite to Have Rover Calculate Pi on the Moon

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What Is Thimerosal? Why Most Vaccines Don’t Contain Mercury Anymore

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Archaeologists Recreate Prehistoric Tools to Build a Canoe for 140-Mile Ocean Voyage

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Use Summer Break to Build Closer Bonds with Your Children

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Trump Administration Ousts National Science Foundation from Headquarters Building

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Sexual Synesthesia Paints the World in Color at the Moment of Orgasm

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When Do Babies Become Conscious?

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A Sodom and Gomorrah Story Shows Scientific Facts Aren’t Settled by Public Opinion

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See Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science in These Handy Charts

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How Bird Flu Went from Devastating Poultry Farms to Infecting Dairy Herds

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How Perfectionism Hurts Parents and Their Kids

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How to Keep Your Home Cool in Extreme Heat

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Did the U.S. Really Destroy Iran’s Nuclear Program?

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Dark Matter ‘Droplets’ Could Solve Multiple Cosmic Mysteries

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To Make Better Choices, Understand How Your Brain Processes Values

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The Hidden Game Theory of Sherlock Holmes

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NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft, Exploring Solar System Origins, Is Back on Track after Thrusters Lost Power

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AI and Data Centers Could Cut More Climate-Change-Causing Emissions Than They Create

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Orcas’ Social Skin-Care Routine Uses Kelp as a Tool

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How H5N1 Went from an Illness in Wild Birds to a Global Pandemic Threat

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Rubin Observatory’s First Images Just Unveiled the Universe as We’ve Never Seen It Before

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Elon Musk Launches the Robotaxi—Can Tesla’s Cybercab Share the Road with America’s Myth of the Highway?

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First Near-Complete Denisovan Skull Reveals What This Ancient Human Cousin Looked Like

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Hurricane Hunter Flights Improve Hurricane Forecasts, But Trump Budget Cuts Could Threaten Them

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How Does a Gravitational Slingshot Work?

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What Is Testosterone Replacement Therapy, and Is It Safe?

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Here’s How Plastic Bag Bans Are Keeping Trash off Shorelines

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Humpback Whales Are Blowing ‘Bubble Rings’ at Boats. Are They Trying to Communicate?

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Gaia, Europe’s Galactic Cartographer, Is Gone But Not Forgotten

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SpaceX’s Starship Explodes in Texas During Preflight Testing

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The Weather Expert Who Answered the $64,000 Question

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Supreme Court Skrmetti Decision Permits Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Children

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The Massive Ordnance Penetrator Bomb Israel Wants to Destroy Iran’s Fordo Nuclear Facility

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