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First Human Dies of Rare H5N5 Bird Flu Strain. Here’s What You Need to Know

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MAHA Summit Features Talk of Psychedelics and Immortality

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Hayli Gubbi Volcano Erupts in Ethiopia for First Time in More Than 12,000 Years

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China to Launch Rescue Shenzhou-22 Spacecraft for Stranded Astronauts

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How Bad Will Flu Season Be This Year?

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GLP-1 Pill Fails to Slow Alzheimer’s Progression in Clinical Trial

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Raccoons Are Changing, COP30 in Brazil and New Fluoride Research

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The Paris Climate Agreement Is Turning 10—These 5 Charts Show What Progress We’ve Made

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Do Brain-Decoding Devices Threaten People’s Privacy?

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What Blind Cave Fish and Venomous Snails Can Teach Us about Diabetes

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Iran's Capital Has Run Out of Water, Forcing It to Move

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Hurricane Melissa’s 252-mph Gust Sets New Wind Record

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CDC to End Monkey Research Program

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Illegal Wildlife Trade Tied to Drugs, Arms and Human Trafficking

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Alien Comets Swarm around Other Stars

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Michael Benson’s Nanocosmos Explores Natural Design through Scanning Electron Microscopy

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Partisanship Is Poisoning Public Health

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New Research Shows How AI Could Transform Math, Physics, Cancer Research, and More

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Halted NIH Clinical Trials List Reveals Slashed Treatments for Cancer, COVID and Minority Health

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Lost Planet Theia that Created the Moon Came From the Inner Solar System

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CDC Vaccine Website Promotes Antiscience Claims of Autism Ties

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When Susan Wojcicki Discovered She Had Lung Cancer, She Decided to Find Out Why

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These Are the Weird Life-Forms That Can Survive in Space

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AI Uncovers Oldest-Ever Molecular Evidence of Photosynthesis

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How Much Protein Do You Need? Experts Explain

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Every AI Breakthrough Shifts the Goalposts of Artificial General Intelligence

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RFK, Jr., Releases Report Attacking Medical Care for Trans Children

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RFK, Jr., Says Peanut Allergies May Be Tied to Aluminum in Vaccines and Pesticides. Here’s What the Science Says

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NASA’s New Images Reveal Best Look Yet at Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

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Kissing May Have Evolved 21.5 Million Years Ago in Ancestor of Great Apes and Humans

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Massive Study Debunks One of RFK Jr’s Biggest Claims about Fluoride in Tap Water

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The James Webb Telescope May Have Seen the First Stars in the Universe

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Epstein Files Spark Harvard Investigation into Larry Summers

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Investigators Think They’ve Solved the Mystery of the Baltimore Bridge Crash

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After Spectacular Auroras, What to Know about the Sun and Its Solar Cycle

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How Safe Is Melatonin, and How Does the Sleep Aid Work? Experts Explain

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These Birds Learned to Tweet Like R2-D2. Listen to the Uncanny Results

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Gut Health Tips for Thanksgiving and Holiday Stress

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Five Essential Books on Plastic, Power, and Pollution

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How Is Botulism Getting into Baby Formula? Here’s How to Keep Kids Safe

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Why a Little Heartbeat Irregularity Can Be Good for You

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We Need Laws to Stop AI-Generated Deepfakes

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Science Crossword: A Destructive Fix

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Readers Respond to the July/August 2025 Issue

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Poem: ‘The Covert Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany’

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NASA’s Mars Sample Return Mission in Jeopardy as U.S. Considers Abandoning Retrieval

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Math Puzzle: Falling Through

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December 2025: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago

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Can We Find Cleaner Ways to Extract Rare Earth Elements?

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Can AI ‘Griefbots’ Help Us Heal?

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