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The Man Who Stole Infinity

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2D memristors could help solve AI's energy problem

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How long could Earth microbes live on Mars?

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New drug target discovered for devastating “brain on fire” disease

Viruses reveal shared way to kill bacteria by jamming small transporter MurJ

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Tiny predatory dinosaur weighed less than a chicken

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The physics of sneaker squeaks: High-speed imaging shows how they arise from supersonic detachment pulses

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The world’s most elusive colour is worth billions – if we can find it

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'Tiny' dinosaur, big impact: A 90-million-year-old fossil rewrites history

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The surprising new physics of squeaky basketball shoes

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Nobel Prize–winning brain scientist steps down over Epstein ties

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Here’s why sneakers squeak on the basketball court

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Researchers create DNA detection tool to stop spread of invasive Asian swamp eels, bullseye snakeheads

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A giant weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field is now half the size of Europe

ALMA explores giant molecular clouds in nearby galaxy NGC 1387

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Iron and blue LEDs synthesize natural molecules, cutting the need for expensive chiral components

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How a one‑eyed creature gave rise to our modern eyes

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Why letting museum visitors smell horse manure might be good for conservation

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Imaging the Most Far-Out Jellyfish Galaxy Ever Observed

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LED-powered e-nose detects multiple hazardous gases at room temperature

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Mother's breasts may protect a newborn from the cold—a new perspective on breast evolution

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Martu rangers and scientists combine forces to save an endangered marsupial

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Hate more common in early article comments, analysis finds

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NASA study finds ancient life could survive 50 million years in Martian ice

Women, children bearing brunt of homelessness in New Zealand

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Researcher warns of structural risks at Grand Renaissance Dam putting property and lives in danger

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Water supplies in rural Nepal could be cleaned by harnessing the power of the sun, scientists claim

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Astronomers spot a young sun blowing bubbles inside the Milky Way

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Scientists discover hidden sugar layer behind psoriasis

E-waste chemicals are appearing in dolphins and porpoises

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ALMA reveals Milky Way's core in largest-ever mosaic, tracing cold gas filaments

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Night Owls Could Be Putting Their Heart Health at Risk

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Breaking encryption with a quantum computer just got 10 times easier

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US childhood literacy rates are lagging. Pediatricians could be part of the solution

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A protocol to realize near-perfect atom-photon entanglement

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Online influencer faces confirmation hearing for surgeon general in U.S. Senate

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A simple chemical tweak could supercharge quantum computers

How polyamory works, according to relationship researchers

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Lost fossils reveal sea monsters that took over after Earth’s greatest extinction

New brain stimulation approach could treat depression in just 5 days

AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations

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Heat relief means higher emissions: How air conditioning complicates 1.5°C goals

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Ocean warming drives a nearly 20% annual decline in fish biomass, research confirms

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Researchers challenge misleading language around plastic waste solutions

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Chimpanzee pee reveals how our primate cousins are getting drunk on fermented fruit

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Baby butterflies use rhythm to fool ants into taking care of them

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Scientists finally solve the mystery of the horse whinny

Microplastics found in 90% of prostate cancer tumors, study reveals

Bug beats: Caterpillars use complex rhythms to communicate with ants

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Keeping a beat wins caterpillars friends in low places

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