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40,000-year-old woolly mammoth RNA offers a peek into its last moments

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A new cholesterol-lowering pill shows promise in clinical trials

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Deep-sea mining might feed plankton a diet of junk food

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Why do we feel starved for time? New research offers answers

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Early views of a supernova’s first moments reveal a lopsided blast

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AI eavesdropped on whale chatter. It may have helped find something new

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This fly’s flesh-eating maggot is making a comeback. Here’s what to know

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To decode future anxiety and depression, begin with a child’s brain

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Peru’s Serpent Mountain sheds its mysterious past

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If another country tested nuclear weapons, here’s how we’d know

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A special shape shift helps a shrub thrive in blistering heat

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What causes the rainbow shimmer of ammolite gems?

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Woodpecker hammering is a full-body affair

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Water jets may break up into droplets thanks to jiggling molecules

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How did Pluto capture its largest moon, Charon?

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There’s math behind this maddening golf mishap

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See the largest, most detailed radio image of the Milky Way yet

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As teens in crisis turn to AI chatbots, simulated chats highlight risks

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Mosquitoes infiltrated Iceland. Will they survive the winter?

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Volunteers agreed to be buried face-down in the snow, for science

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A new AI technique may aid violent crime forensics

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Cancer treatments may get a boost from mRNA COVID vaccines

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Nanotyrannus was not a teenaged T. rex

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This flower smells like injured ants — and flies can’t resist it

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Some planets might home brew their own water

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Black holes are encircled by thin rings of light. This physicist wants to see one

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Deep Antarctic waters hold geometric communities of fish nests

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The AI model OpenFold3 takes a crucial step in making protein predictions

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Two tiny genetic shifts helped early humans walk upright

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Hurricane Melissa spins into a monster storm as it bears down on Jamaica

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Polar bears provide millions of kilograms of food for other Arctic species

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DNA reveals Neandertals traveled thousands of kilometers into Asia

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These simple knife tricks stop onion tears instantly

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Australia’s tropical forests now emit CO₂, clouding the COP30 talks

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A conference just tested AI agents’ ability to do science

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Napoleon’s retreating army may have been plagued by these microbes

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Brain cancer can dissolve parts of the skull

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Subway mosquitoes evolved millennia ago in ancient Mediterranean cities

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Dinosaurs were thriving before the asteroid hit, new analysis suggests

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Coffee beans pooped out by civets really are tastier. Here’s why

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Which venomous snakes strike the fastest?

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Quantum ‘echoes’ reveal the potential of Google’s quantum computer

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Scientists and fishers have teamed up to find a way to save manta rays

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Most women get uterine fibroids. This researcher wants to know why

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An ancient bone recasts how Indigenous Australians treated megafauna

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A tiny, levitated glass sphere behaves like the hottest engine ever made

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COVID-related smell loss may last years

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Guppies fall for a classic optical illusion. Doves, usually, do too

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Even for elite athletes, the body’s metabolism has its limits

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Big questions on how food affects our health

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