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AI is disrupting math. Is science next?

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Jensen Huang leaving Nvidia risks a ‘brain drain’ from the AI chipmaker

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This asteroid was born at the dawn of the solar system

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Metal-rich deep-sea ‘nodules’ also harbor diverse ocean life

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Newfound invisible object in space could be a rare supermassive neutron star

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Scientists confirm OpenAI’s blockbuster quantum physics result

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Mountain heights across the country are about to change. Gravity is to blame

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El Niño will push temperatures above 1.5 degrees C. Will we ever come back down?

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What an exceptionally powerful El Niño could mean for hurricanes, drought and flooding

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Was Isaac Newton’s contribution to calculus stolen?

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The U.S. may be on the cusp of losing its measles elimination status

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Oil prices are so high that CO2 emissions from fossil fuels are dropping

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Virtual fruit fly brains can play Doom and trade bitcoin

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5 things to know going into the COP31 climate meeting

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Eli Lilly shows GLP-1 weight-loss pill Foundayo can dramatically improve sleep apnea

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The coin-flipping trick that counts the Internet

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Bursts of ‘pink noise’ during sleep could help your brain clean itself

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Why measles is spreading again, how hackers are targeting freezers, and whether cats fart

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Why do some people hear pitch better than others? Internal noise may be the key

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Acorns—not deer—can predict a rise in Lyme-spreading ticks

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NASA reveals new lunar rover, PROMISE, to launch to moon in 2028

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Earth’s rocks have a missing layer spanning up to a billion years. Scientists finally know what happened to it

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The mathematical trick that explains how to find a needle in a haystack

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Nothing can be fully transparent, physicists discover

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Math Puzzle: Secret formula

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This brain change can make foxes act like pet dogs

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Have astronomers spotted Planet Nine?

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Kevin Roose says the race to build superintelligence is accelerating

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Ancient humans used cannabis in burial rituals 2,800 years ago

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These are the doctors and scientists elected in the 2026 midterms

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is changing the color of the ocean

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Hundreds of stunning ice age drawings discovered inside Spanish cave

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How George Clinton’s Mothership landed onstage in 1976

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2026 election results show widespread opposition to AI data centers

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The Super El Niño is already soaking the U.S. Expect more flooding to come

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Science advocates react to Democrats’ historic midterm rout: ‘It’s a new day in Washington’

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Could SpaceX’s retirement of Falcon 9 spark a launch crisis?

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The polar vortex is about to go haywire

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What a historic ‘blue wave’ midterm means for climate action

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NASA’s Swift telescope plunges back to Earth

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is wobbly—scientists have a fix that could reveal new alien worlds

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How does mental fatigue begin in the brain?

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How the tiny soybean took over the American diet

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How hackers are turning grocery store freezers into heaters

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The most impractical calculator in the world only has two buttons

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Inca children were given hallucinogens before they were sacrificed to the gods

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New York’s first measles death in 30 years is an omen of worse to come

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The 2026 midterms are today—here’s what scientists say is at stake

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Self-flying cargo planes are coming. Can they be safe with no one aboard?

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Do cats fart? An investigation into the mysteries of feline flatulence

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