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Hazy, hot and… shady? How street trees counteract air pollution and heat in American cities

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Smithsonian secrets most likely to blow your mind

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Cosmic dust identified as the source of Venus' enigmatic lower haze

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Scientists just debunked a 50-year myth about Hawaii’s birds

Four weeks of 'safe' low-level PFAS exposure in tap water altered embryo development in mice

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Scientists discover why bread can cause weight gain without extra calories

Bats on a break: Tracking the secret life of pond bats

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Blocking a single protein supercharges the immune system against cancer

A 'blob' in a tank is helping scientists tease out the secrets of turbulence

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Lonely people have worse memory but don’t decline faster, study finds

Whales go quiet during noisy underwater surveys

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New research finds workers are leveraging AI for career mobility as employers struggle to keep pace

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From autism to migraines, birth order may have wide-reaching effects

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Logged forests burn more severely than old growth, Tasmanian study finds

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Chandra explores interstellar medium of a bright low-mass X-ray binary

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Human urine could help tackle global fertilizer and wastewater challenges, study finds

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New model for understanding antisemitism can serve as framework, guide for developing interventions

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The 'ungrateful lungfish': Study focuses on sustainable food sources for very hungry ancient fish

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The real science of Pokémon

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Unlikely paths to discovery

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The engineering marvels hidden inside six-figure watches

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The baffling ecological disaster that's killing America’s freshwater mussels

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Science crossword: Hot stuff

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Readers respond to the January 2026 issue

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Poem: ‘How I Became a Spitfire Pilot during My Cataract Operation’

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New evidence links heart disease to inflammation—and drugs can stop it

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May 2026: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago

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Mathematicians created an ‘impossible’ shape that shouldn’t exist

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Math puzzle: A disassembly job

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How two mathematicians solved a cryptography mystery

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How to build a space hotel

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How physicists found a new type of magnet hiding in plain sight

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How cosmic rays are helping mining companies find critical minerals underground

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How chemists engineer the signature smells of luxury perfumes

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Expensive versus affordable binoculars—what’s the difference?

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DARPA built an AI to fact-check enemy weapons claims

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An asteroid extinguished all the dinosaurs except for birds. Here’s why

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A hot pair of supplements, creatine and methylene blue dye, may not work together

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No great equalizer: Young laborers were hit hardest by early modern plague

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Contaminants, including ink, detected in meteorites suggest sample preparation needs improving

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Is AI bad for critical thinking? It depends on when you use it

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Ancient graves and DNA uncover family bonds that went beyond genetics

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Information from starquakes provides theoretical evidence for 'fossilized' magnetism in stars

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Quantum systems can remember and forget at the same time, scientists discover

Scientists finally know where the Colorado River’s missing water is going

When the boss burns out, the whole team loses energy, trust and performance

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The humble ham sandwich inspired a math theorem for sharing food fairly

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This strange “pearling” motion inside cells could change how we understand disease

The people you live with could be changing your gut bacteria

The dirtiest thing in public bathrooms isn’t the toilet seat