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Scientists discover an ancient shipwreck dating to when the Great Pyramid was built

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Can AI break encryption? OpenAI’s new math has cryptographers divided

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Scientists vote to end leap seconds, redefining how the world keeps time

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What would it take to terraform Mars? Erika DeBenedictis has ideas

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Anthropic’s AI worm research raises new fears about smart device security

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Honeybees deemphasize potential ‘misinformation’ in their waggle dances

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New ‘First Proof’ exam reveals how AI-powered math is a pay-to-play sport

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NIH appears to shut down public comments on science peer-review rule change ahead of schedule

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Microplastics are linked to inflammation—scientists might have finally worked out why

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Stunning video reveals the year-round dance of the sun’s corona

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How a year of extreme weather and a ‘Super El Niño’ will affect fall foliage

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Climate scientists issue a sobering diagnosis about Earth's 'vital signs'

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An ancient Chinese math puzzle shows how to win at cards, horse races and gerrymandering

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Amateur astronomer harnesses AI to find a possible hidden exoplanet

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Claude just found a CRISPR-like DNA pattern, but even Anthropic's scientists aren't sure what it does

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Are Blue Zones real? One researcher finds the data deeply flawed

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Hurricane Isaias shows ‘it only takes one’ to wreak havoc after historically calm Atlantic hurricane season

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Latest Trump administration proposal to change NIH research grant system draws scientists’ ire

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The mathematical secret behind why rose petals curl

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OpenAI’s blockbuster Navier-Stokes proof isn’t what we thought it was

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What happens to the body during menopause? New research hints at a biological ‘cliff’

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Scientists worry AI is stealing their ideas

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Sex-changing mouse clones may help fight to save endangered species

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Love blooms on a hostile colony world in As You Wake, Break the Shell

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Lettuce engineered to produce meat proteins

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A unique shape, a 3D einstein tile, has been discovered

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Nobel week: light-controlled brains, particles from outer space and mirror molecules

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Could Tutankhamun's tomb hold clues to a mysterious Egyptian queen?

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This beer-making waste may offer a new stream for cleaner water

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Why taking a break from exercise might not mean you need to start from scratch

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Major earthquake strikes Panama—damage and injuries are expected

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How Hurricane Isaias got so dangerously strong so fast

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The Social Reckoning is a ‘surreal’ portrait of social media’s harms, scientist says

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I gave Meta’s Muse and OpenAI’s Dots my passwords for a week

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Just how sunlike is the sun?

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One doctor’s fight to make IUD placement better

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Feverish after a vaccine? The reason could be your gut microbiome

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The most exciting claims from OpenAI’s heap of new proofs

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Mathematicians marvel, and grumble, at OpenAI’s trove of new results

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Astronomers discover record-breaking ancient cosmic outburst

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This September was the hottest ever on record for the U.S.

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Artemis II images boost NASA’s moon base plans

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Hurricane Isaias just set a new record for Atlantic storms

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The ‘Kelvin wave’ hitting California is a potent warning about sea-level rise

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Mathematicians invented a knitting stitch that stops mistakes from spreading

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A suspected case of pneumonic plague is raising fears of an outbreak. Should you be worried?

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Scientists unlock the longevity secrets of 194-year-old Jonathan the giant tortoise

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The Atlantic hurricane season has been eerily quiet—Tropical Storm Isaias could change that

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Why does weed cause anxiety? A new brain study investigates cannabis paranoia

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What is AI model distillation, and why is it so hard to stop?

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