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COVID Research Funding to Be Slashed, NIH Documents Show

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What Caused the Magnitude 7.7 Myanmar and Thailand Earthquake?

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Amid Trump Cuts, Climate Researchers Wait for the Ax to Fall

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PFAS Found in Nearly Half of Americans’ Drinking Water

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As Starlink and Other Satellites Proliferate, Astronomers Learn to Manage Interference

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The First Sightings of Hofstadter's Butterfly Emerged from a Happy Accident

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How Long Do Pregnancy and Birth Affect the Body?

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Safe, Cheap and Non-Invasive: Ultrasound Could Treat Cancer, Psychiatric Disorders and More

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Slashing Programs That Help People with Disabilities Is a Nod to Eugenics

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When Was the First Exoplanet Discovered?

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Studying Science, Medicine and Engineering at a Nanoscale at an M.I.T. Clean Room

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Urban Wildfire Smoke Sensors Miss Harmful Chemicals

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Fat Doesn’t Deserve Its Bad Rap

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How Planetary Defenders Planned to Stop That City-Killer Asteroid

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As Noem Proposes Cutting FEMA, Disaster Response Will Fall to Local, State Authorities

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Rebel Doctor Evangelina Rodríguez Improved Lives and Courted Controversy on her Return to the Dominican Republic

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Who Will Build the Next Giant Particle Collider?

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Mathematicians Find Proof to 122-Year-Old Triangle-to-Square Puzzle

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Rising Acceptance of Political Violence Promises Nothing Good for the U.S.

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Why Letting Kids Find Loopholes in Rules May Help Their Social Development

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How Microplastics Get into Our Food

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HHS’s Long COVID Office Is Closing. What Will This Mean for Future Research and Treatments?

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Why These Tropical Trees Love a Lightning Strike

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Trump Cuts Threaten Universities, Could Lead to ‘Lost Generation’ of Scientists

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Mini-Satellite Sends Encrypted Quantum Message a Record-Breaking Distance

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Top Math Prize Recipient Wedded Algebra and Calculus to Found a New Field

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Courts Are Rejecting Politicized Attacks on Care for Trans Kids

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How ‘Qudits’ Could Boost Quantum Computing

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How to Tame Impatience

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‘Artificial Nap’ Could Provide Benefits of Sleep—Without Sleeping

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Why Calling a Plant ‘Invasive’ Oversimplifies the Problem

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Scientists Record First Known Shark Sounds

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23andMe Bankruptcy Leaves Troves of Genetic Data at Risk

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Supersymmetry’s Long Fall from Grace

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Babies Do Make Memories—So Why Can't We Remember Them as Adults?

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The U.S. Government’s Top UFO Scientist Has an Open Mind about Alien Visitation

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Postpartum Depression May One Day Be Identified by a Blood Test before a Person Gives Birth

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As Measles Cases Surge, Scientists Explain Why Vaccination Is Critical

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When Scientists Don’t Correct Errors, Misinformation and Deadly Consequences Can Follow

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Nuclear Fusion Requires Certain Fuel, and Researchers Have Found a Greener Way to Make It

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See Strange Deep-Sea Creatures, from ‘Sea Pigs’ to ‘Disco Worms’

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What the World’s First Case of Bird Flu in Sheep Means for the Virus’s Spread

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To Win Trust and Admiration, Fix Your Microphone

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FEMA Disaster Aid Review Could Deter Migrants from Seeking Help in Extreme Weather

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Setting Parental Controls Is Not As Complicated As You Think

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A Prenatal Test of the Fetus Turns Up Cancers in Pregnant Mothers

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NASA Astronauts Return, Seals Hold Their Breath Underwater, and Penguin Poop Panics Kril

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Stunning Antarctic Sea Creatures Discovered after Iceberg Breaks Away

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Hegseth Orders Elimination of Pentagon Climate Planning but Wants Extreme Weather Preparation

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Walking Shouldn’t Be So Dangerous in the U.S.

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