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Some Dogs Learn New Words Just Like Toddlers Do

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Why a January Heat Wave Is Breaking Records across the South

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Do Monkeys Make Faces on Purpose?

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This Newly Discovered Asteroid, Almost Half a Mile Wide, Just Set a New Space Record

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Supermassive Black Hole ‘Snowplows’ Can Stifle Star Formation in Spiral Galaxies

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Archeologists Just Found a 2,000-Year-Old Battle Trumpet That May Be Linked to Queen Boudica

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Why Trump’s Exit from Pivotal Climate Treaty Matters

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Jellyfish and Sea Anemones Sleep Just Like Us

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NASA Mulls Ending Space Station Crew-11 Mission Early after Astronaut Suffers Medical Issue

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OpenAI Would Like You to Share Your Health Data with Its ChatGPT

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Schmidt Sciences Announces Plan for Lazuli, a Private Space Telescope

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Humans Made Poisoned Arrowheads Thousands of Years Earlier Than Previously Thought

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The Race to Find Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA Just Took a Major Twist

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RFK, Jr., Upsets Food Pyramid, Urging Americans to Eat More Meat

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Fossil Discovery of New Human Ancestor May Connect Us to Neandertals and Denisovans

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Antarctica Doomsday Glacier Rattled by Hundreds of Iceberg Earthquakes

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Trump Wants Venezuela’s Oil. Why Does It Have So Much?

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‘Microbubbles’ Help Spread Dangerous Microplastics Through Our Water, Study Finds

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How New Public Health Changes Could Leave Vulnerable Children Behind

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Starless ‘Cloud-9’ Is an Entirely New Astrophysical Object

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Congress Proposes Strong Science Funding for 2026

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At CES 2026, AI Leaves the Screen and Enters the Real World

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Astronomers May Have Unlocked the Reason for Betelgeuse’s Bizarre Dimming

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The South Pole Just Moved. Here’s Why

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Doctor Visits for Flu Hit Highest Level in Almost 30 Years

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Wegovy Weight-Loss Pills Hit U.S. Pharmacies—Costs and Treatments Explained

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U.S. Axes Number of Recommended Childhood Vaccines in Blow to Public Health

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Stunningly Hot Galaxy Cluster Puts New Spin on How These Cosmic Behemoths Evolved

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Longest-Ever Look at Stormy Region on the Sun Offers New Clues to Space Weather

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Why Does Life Keep Evolving These Geometric Patterns?

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How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions—Behavioral Science Tips That Work

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Earliest Human Ancestor May Have Walked on Two Legs

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How Woodpeckers Turn Their Entire Bodies into Pecking Machines

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The Pleiades Star Cluster Has a Secret Stellar Family

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Scientists Just Clocked a ‘Rogue’ Planet the Size of Saturn

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How to See the First Fiery Meteor Shower of 2026

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The Push to Make Semiconductors in Space Just Took a Serious Leap Forward

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Cheers! NASA Rings in the New Year with Sparkling ‘Champagne Cluster’ Image

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NASA Telescopes Capture Colliding Spiral Galaxies in Sparkling Detail

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Whooping Cough Deaths Rise in U.S. as Surge in Infections Continues

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NIH Agrees to Evaluate Stalled Scientific Grants

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NASA’s New Chief Hints Iconic Space Shuttle Might Not Be Moving to Texas After All

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What Makes Ultraprocessed Foods Addictive?

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Could Next-Generation Medicines Help Solve the Opioid Crisis?

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These Are the Most Exciting Space Science Events for 2026

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15 Million Years before the Megalodon, This Giant Ancient Shark Prowled the Oceans

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China’s Plans for Humanlike AI Could Set the Tone for Global AI Rules

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Russia Scales Back Ambitions for Its Next Space Station

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7 Important Health Stories We’ll Be Following in 2026

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Why Active Rest Is Important During the Holidays

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