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What to read this week: Emma Chapman's mind-expanding Radio Universe

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New Scientist recommends Jamie Bartlett's insightful How to Talk to AI

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Why cloning anyone – even Jim Carrey – isn't the best plan ever

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Werner Herzog searches for ghost elephants in stunning new documentary

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Startling images show how fake news isn't just a 21st century issue

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The biggest threat to Chernobyl is no longer radiation

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Can naked mole rats peacefully hand over power?

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Referee decisions in soccer frequently overturned following VAR-assisted review: No external influences found

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Astronomers reveal always-changing multi-planet system

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The beloved emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal are now officially endangered. Here's what can be done

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When a naked mole rat queen dies, that usually means war—but not for this colony

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Any color you like: Scientists create 'any wavelength' lasers in tiny circuits for light

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The universe's most powerful telescope

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Critically endangered orangutan born at Madrid zoo

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New tools rescue old art at Madrid's Prado museum

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Reading the moon's buried past

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Blended satellite data reveal what drove methane's 2019–2024 rise worldwide

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CRISPR variant selectively targets tumor DNA

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Earth's microbes may hide a near-universal plastic-eating arsenal, with 600,000 proteins poised to attack waste

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Why Greek yogurt went viral and what it says about how we shop

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Breath carries clues to gut health

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Rapid melatonin test can help astronauts and others easily monitor their biological rhythm

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Q&A: Great company culture is more than creating a nice place to work

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How Latino business owners are navigating growth, AI and inflation

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Wasps move in on ant-plant partnership, disrupting a 10‑million‑year mutualism

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Largest ever map of universe captures 47 million galaxies and quasars

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Neanderthal infants were enormous compared with modern humans

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Sweet lifeline for wildlife after bushfires ravage their habitat

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4,000-year-old clay tablets inscribed with magical spells… and beer tabs

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Can the Brain Survive Cryonic Sleep?

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Music and traffic noise make our imagination more vivid

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Back-to-basics approach can match or outperform AI in language analysis

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NASA needs nuclear power for its moon base. Here’s the White House plan to get it

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A backyard bug repellent is derailing bumblebees' ability to navigate

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English still dominates science, but its share fell from 94% to 85%

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How farming changed us: Ancient DNA reveals natural selection sped up in recent human evolution

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How HR can help public companies succeed long after the IPO

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Why do older people have fewer seasonal allergies?

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Some GLP-1 drugs are more effective for those with specific gene variants

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Sperm whale clicks follow similar rules to human speech

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The Ancient Weapons Active in Your Immune System Today

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CO₂ emissions from cultivated peat soils may be lower than assumed

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Researchers create Olympic gels, a long-theorized class of DNA-based soft materials

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A monster black hole appeared first, then its galaxy began to grow around it

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250-million-year-old fossil proves mammal ancestors laid eggs

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First physical evidence of Peruvian Hairless Dogs at Wari site uncovered in Peru

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Watch These Birds Use Their Tongues to Suck Up Nectar

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'Safe' fertilizer linked to extreme water quality loss in Canadian Prairies

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EPA may ease regulation of chemical plastic recycling, and environmentalists worry

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Scientists develop 'light switch' for the love hormone

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