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Scientific American

The story of the first kiss—21.5 million years ago

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Join the Great Backyard Bird Count—for science!

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AI uncovers solutions to Erdős problems, moving closer to transforming math

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How often does the average person fart? Scientists built a device to find out

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What repealing the ‘endangerment finding’ means for public health

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‘Inside-out’ planetary system perplexes astronomers

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Elephants' peculiar whiskers help them sense the world around them

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Did astronomers just see a star blink out to become a black hole?

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Katharine Burr Blodgett’s brilliance had to fit into the role of the only woman in a lab filled with men—it was the air she breathed

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EPA scraps the ‘endangerment finding’ that climate change harms human health

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The physics of ‘Penisgate’ and how ski jumpers fly

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New research reveals how the brain separates speech into words

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How do deep-sea fish see in dark water? This new study could hold the clue

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This ancient South American kingdom ran on bird poop

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The largest-ever satellite of its kind just unfurled its wings in low-Earth orbit

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Hair extensions may contain chemicals linked to cancer and reproductive issues

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What does it take to eat like an Olympian?

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FDA won’t consider a new mRNA vaccine for flu despite the technology’s life-saving promise

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How ‘effectively zero-knowledge’ proofs could transform cryptography

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Inside the Russian dialect coaching behind Heated Rivalry

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Top medical groups join forces to review vaccine science as CDC faces criticism

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Earth’s core may contain 45 oceans’ worth of hydrogen

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Scientists may have discovered a pulsar at the Milky Way’s heart—a result that could reveal new physics

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What came before the big bang?

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The quirky geology behind Olympic curling stones

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Rules of mysterious ancient Roman board game decoded by AI

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Obesity increases risk of severe infections, study finds

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Why has this winter been so cold in the U.S. East and warm in the country’s West?

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Mathematicians launch First Proof, a first-of-its-kind math exam for AI

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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show highlighted Puerto Rico’s power grid. Here’s why

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Elon Musk says SpaceX will prioritize establishing a city on the moon instead of building a Mars colony

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Mathematicians discover new ways to make round shapes

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Yellowstone’s earthquakes spark microbial boom deep underground

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'Quad God' Ilia Malinin and the science of figure skating's near-impossible jumps

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Babies are born with rhythm as NASA’s Artemis II faces delays and solar flares surge

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Ancient seafarers helped shape Arctic ecosystems

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The science behind why some auroras have such stunning wave patterns

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What were the first animals? The fierce sponge-jelly battle that just won’t end

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What ‘6-7,’ demons and The Big Bang Theory tell us about prime numbers

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The science of how Olympian Lindsey Vonn can ski on injured knees

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What watching the Super Bowl does to your health

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RFK, Jr., just claimed the keto diet can cure schizophrenia. Here’s what the science says

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The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider’s end marks a new beginning for U.S. particle physics

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New GLP-1 weight-loss drugs are coming—and they’re stronger than Wegovy and Zepbound

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How new AI technology is helping detect and prevent wildfires

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Are seahawks real? The science behind Seattle's Super Bowl team

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If the universe is expanding, how can galaxies collide?

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Snakes on a train? King cobras may be riding the rails in India

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A push to redraw the map of mental illness

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Kanzi the famous bonobo may have understood ‘pretend’ objects

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