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Watch a robot dog run a marathon faster than the average human

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When it comes to ‘poop maxxing,’ are you optimizing or obsessing?

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Is football too dangerous for kids’ brains? These scientists are racing to find out

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Scientists discover largest new impact crater in the solar system ever—on our moon

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Why mathematicians are hiding research results in zero-knowledge proofs

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Strange things happen in four dimensions

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Trump rejects AI regulation, citing parallels with climate change, in U.N. address

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RFK, Jr., is focusing attention on electromagnetic fields. Here’s what the science says about exposure

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This year’s El Niño just broke another sobering record

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NASA Goddard’s shrinking workforce could stifle future space missions, experts say

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Mathematicians use AI to find mysterious symmetries, solving decades-old problem

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Mathematician reveals the truth behind the Parthenon’s optical illusion

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What a Trump order to put political appointees in charge of NIH funding would mean for science

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Did OpenAI solve the wrong Navier-Stokes problem?

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9 ‘boundaries’ keep Earth livable. We’ve breached 7 of them

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COVID cases are on the rise—here’s how to stay healthy this winter

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Space weapons, AI safety concerns and the EPA’s rollback of power plant emission rules

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Why human language may be intertwined with fire

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Could brain-inspired computers run on the same amount of power as a human brain?

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Why AI is speeding up scientific research but not lab experiments

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What does OpenAI’s blockbuster mathematics proof mean for the real world?

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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope glimpses its first cosmic light

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What changing ‘Lake Ontario’ to ‘Lake America’ means for weather forecasts

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This dolphin terrifies fish until they puke—and then eats it

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How much longer will the sun shine?

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How heat makes it harder for students to learn

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Why Bangladesh’s measles outbreak is a cautionary tale for the U.S.

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Indonesia is moving its capital. Will a forest pay the price?

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See the first new species of cat discovered in more than a century—it’s adorable

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North Korea’s nuclear tests have turned this mountain into an earthquake hot spot

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What your dog really thinks about you

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What eyewitness accounts tell us about the science of memory

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Can independent AI auditors keep up with frontier AI development?

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OpenAI cracks the hidden math that keeps your texts from turning to gibberish

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AI labs are claiming “AGI” is imminent—but does that mean what we think it means?

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Missing pages of priceless Henry VIII–era manuscript finally found

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Japan just hit a new longevity milestone

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Trump’s surgeon general nominee Nicole Saphier praises MMR and hepatitis B vaccines in Senate hearing

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T. rex was as warm-blooded as humans, new study finds

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Human brain organoid transplants mesh with mouse brains, forming active neural circuits

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Blood test shows promise in detecting pancreatic cancer early—a ‘holy grail’ for the field

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Anthropic’s AI steals mathematicians’ record for most complicated curve

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Vox’s Unexplainable explores Scientific American’s biggest unanswered science questions

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The hole in the ozone layer is healing, but extreme weather may be slowing progress down

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What even is an AI kill switch?

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How pizza can solve this unusual math puzzle

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The U.S. has weapons in space

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Which million-dollar math problem could AI solve next?

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Do universal free lunch programs affect students' academic performance?

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Math Puzzle: A puzzling picture

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