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Seismometers Picked Up Hurricane Melissa’s Historic Power Like an Earthquake

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Trump’s Baffling Call for Resuming U.S. Nuclear Tests

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Nanotyrannus Isn’t a Juvenile T-Rex—It’s a Separate Dinosaur

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FDA Is Investigating the Abortion Pill Mifepristone despite Decades of Studies Showing It’s Safe

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How an Error in Cult Classic Game Doom Sparked New Appreciation for Pi

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Glowing Sperm Reveals How Female Mosquitos Control Sex

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Does Hurricane Melissa Show It’s Time for a Category 6 Designation?

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Spider Web Patterns May Help Arachnids Sense Vibrations from Prey

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Russia’s Burevestnik Nuclear-Powered Missile Is a Very Bad Idea

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The Neuroscience behind the ‘Parenting Paradox’ of Happiness

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H9N2 Bird Flu Virus Could Pose Human Pandemic Risk, Experts Warn

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What TikTok’s U.S. Spin-off Means for Its Algorithm and Content Moderation

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Hurricane Melissa Images and Videos Show the Horrifying Power of Third Strongest Atlantic Storm Ever

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The Science of How Hurricane Melissa Became So Extreme

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China’s Chang’e 6 Mission Found Rare Meteorite Fragments on Moon

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Did Astronomers Photograph UFOs Orbiting Earth in the 1950s?

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Did Dark Matter Help Supersize the Universe?

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What’s Behind This Luxury ‘Cat Poo’ Coffee’s Unique Flavor

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Mathematicians Make Surprising Breakthrough in 3D Geometry with ‘Noperthedron’

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Hurricane Melissa Makes 2025 Only Second Season with More Than Two Category 5 Storms

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Why Ozempic and Wegovy Don’t Cause Weight Loss for Everyone

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Factors to Consider in Picking a School For Your Child

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How Archaeology Is Reviving the Smell of History

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Mosquitoes Found in Iceland for the First Time amid Climate Change

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Why Hurricane Melissa Could Be the Worst Storm to Ever Hit Jamaica

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Ancient DNA Reveals New Diseases behind Napoleon’s 1812 Russian Retreat

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FDA Warns People Not to Eat Recalled Eggs Contaminated with Salmonella

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Why Bird Flu Is Surging Again—And What It Means for Public Health

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Why Aren’t All Comets as Bright as Comet Lemmon?

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Bearded Vulture Nests Hold 600 Years of Human Artifacts in Spanish Caves

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The Dangerous Data Gap in Pregnancy Drug Research

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Hurricane Melissa Could Drop Two Feet of Rain on Jamaica

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Duck-Billed Dinosaur ‘Mummies’ Are Clay Molds Formed by Microbes, Scientists Say

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The Rise of AI ‘Chatfishing’ in Online Dating Poses a Modern Turing Test

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Which At-Home Remedies Actually Help When Sick with a Cold or Flu?

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What Medications Are Safe to Take While Pregnant? Studies Are Lacking

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NASA’s Bet on SpaceX’s Starship May Give Moon Race to China

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Static Electricity Helps Parasitic Nematodes Leap onto Insects

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How the CIA’s Kryptos Sculpture Gave Up Its Final Secret

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Google Measures ‘Quantum Echoes’ on Willow Quantum Computer Chip

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Zoo Lunch Mishap Reveals Lizards’ Hidden Fire Detector

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Earth’s Falling Reflectivity Means the Planet Is Getting Darker—And Hotter

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How Word Choice and Effort Make Apologies Sound Genuine, according to Psychologists

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Retinal Implant Allows People with Blindness to Read Again in Small Trials

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‘No Kings’ Protesters Reject Political Violence, Survey Shows

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Storytelling Methods Alter How Memories Are Stored in the Brain, Neuroscientists Find

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Study of Ultramarathon Runners Suggests There’s a Fundamental Limit to Human Metabolism

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Cells Have a Crystal Trigger That Makes Them Self-Destruct When Viruses Invade

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WHO Reports Global Rise in Antibiotic Resistance and Superbug Deaths

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