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Apollo's impatient old-timers are rooting for NASA's return to the moon with Artemis II launch

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New ‘Cicada’ COVID variant is spreading in the U.S.—here’s what to know

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Tracing the evolutionary history of chemical warfare between plants and insects

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'Toad-proofing' farms could help stop the march of invasive pest

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Some dinosaurs could rise up like giants — until they grew too big

Simple therapies beat drugs for knee arthritis pain relief

Webb telescope spots mysterious explosion that defies known physics

Monster black holes are silencing star formation across the universe

Ripples in spacetime and the universe's most controversial number

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Thawing permafrost becomes 25 to 100 times more permeable, experiments find

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These snakes steal poison from their prey—here's how they know they have enough

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The Turin Shroud bears DNA from many people, plants and animals

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The Shroud of Turin bears DNA from many people, plants and animals

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NASA’s nuclear Mars mission, Iran war’s carbon emissions surge and Pfizer’s promising Lyme vaccine trial

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100 million years ago, an 'evolutionary fuse' was lit in the deep ocean, sparking squid diversification

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Forty new migratory species win international protection: UN body

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Scientists solve 40-year-old biological mystery behind sleeping sickness

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Recovery from sudden permafrost collapse ranges from 10 years to a century, study suggests

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Freed whale gets stranded again off German coast

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One man, his dog, and ChatGPT: Australia's AI vaccine saga

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Apollo vs. Artemis: What to know about NASA's return to the moon

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This overlooked hormone could be why your blood pressure won’t drop

Powerful cholesterol drug cuts heart attack risk by 31%

The weird physics of plant-based milks is only just coming to light

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Why the lack of water on Mars is so mysterious

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Just a few minutes of effort could lower your risk of 8 major diseases

Scientists shocked to find lab gloves may be skewing microplastics data

Lost in space: Microgravity makes sperm lose their sense of direction

One of Earth’s most explosive supervolcanoes is recharging

Managed wetlands a culinary hot spot for SF bay fish, but they need delivery options

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How graphene oxide kills bacteria while sparing human cells

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Researchers describe protein structure microbes used to control light conversion

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Ancient alphabets, new insights: Researchers uncover hidden links among the letters

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Binding to RNA is not enough—changing its shape is what makes a drug work, study reveals

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In world first, antimatter taken on test drive at CERN

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A mass mating event in the lab reveals how yeast cells choose partners

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ZTF discovers a new mass-transferring brown dwarf binary system

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Who do you think you are? What DNA tests reveal—and what they don't

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The time capsule in the salt flat

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TESS discovers an Earth-sized planet orbiting nearby M-dwarf star

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Ancient Neanderthal genome reveals isolated, distinct populations

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Eco-friendly hair repair adds to more natural personal care product pipeline

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The world's waste mountain is rising at an alarming rate

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Novel protocol reconstructs quantum states in large-scale experiments up to 96 qubits

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Embryo-like fossils from Southern China offer new clues about ancient life

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NASA astronauts are counting down to the Artemis II moon launch

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The moon that tipped a planet

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A universal scheme can verify any quantum state

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A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky—for everyone on Earth

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Seals use whisker movement to follow underwater trails—an approach that could improve robotic sensing

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