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Does String Theory Solve the Mystery of the Brain?

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T. rex Bones Reveal These Dinosaurs May Have Lived Far Longer Than We Thought

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RFK, Jr.’s New Kids’ Vaccine Guidelines Will Worsen Flu and Other Winter Illnesses, Experts Say

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Are Seed Oils Bad for You? Debunking a Viral Social Media Myth

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2025 Wasn’t the Hottest Year on Record. Earth Is Still Barreling to the Climate Brink

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Supermassive Black Hole Sagittarius A* May Have Once Shone 10,000 Times Brighter Than Today

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U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Are Rising for the First Time in Two Years—They Could Climb Far Higher

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Pentagon Reportedly Testing Radio Wave Device Linked to ‘Havana Syndrome’

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70 Percent of Cancer Patients Now Survive at Least Five Years, Study Finds

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Vertical Solar Panels—Wind-Resistant Trackers for High Latitudes

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Sick Astronaut on ISS Forces Early Transfer of Command from NASA Crew Member to Russian Cosmonaut

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New Study Probes How Same-Sex Behaviors Evolved in Nonhuman Primates

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A Bizarre Exoplanet Breaks Solar System Rules

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Why 52 cards is the perfect number for poker—mathematically

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Woodpeckers’ Secret Strength Revealed—Plus, Flu Surge, AI Sleep Predictions and CES 2026 Trends

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NASA Announces Return Date for ISS Astronauts after Medical Evacuation Announcement

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Why 2026 Is a Mathematically Special Number

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How Prepared Are ISS Astronauts for Medical Emergencies?

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Stevie Wonder’s Rule for AI at CES 2026—‘Make Life Better for the Living’

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Scientists Discover Brain Circuit That Acts Like a ‘Brake’ on Motivation

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These Bizarre, Centuries-Old Greenland Sharks May Have a Hidden Longevity Superpower

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The Best Skywatching and Stargazing Events of 2026

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The Weight-Loss Drug Revolution—From Shots to Pills and the Science behind It All

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Ocean Temperatures Just Hit a Dire New Record

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NASA to Rush Astronauts Home after Medical Incident on ISS in Unprecedented Move

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What Happens after You Quit Weight-Loss Drugs? A New Study Offers Some Clues

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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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