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Yawning is contagious — even in the womb

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Tanking is ruining NBA basketball. Can math save it?

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Scientists put a tiny lump of metal in two places at once in record-breaking quantum experiment

Scientists say this common sweetener may be quietly rewiring your metabolism

Huge study of ancient British DNA reveals only minor Roman influence

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When uncertainty spikes, chasing rewards backfires and a more informed strategy pulls ahead

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Inside NASA’s ‘very ambitious’ moon base plan

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Complex habitat crucial to brush-tailed rock-wallaby survival

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Publisher's first sustainable impact report showcases positive impact on society and the environment

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Protein-boosted foods are everywhere now, but do we actually need more protein?

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This sulfurous hell world might change the way we classify exoplanets

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Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak, risk of microplastics-caused climate warming and Alaska landslide tsunami

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National Academies experts denounce Trump’s NSF board purge

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War‑driven sea detours are reshaping shipping routes, putting whales off South Africa in sudden peril

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Deep beneath Swiss Alps, researchers trigger 8,000 tiny quakes in controlled test

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NASA’s Psyche probe is about to slingshot around Mars at 12,000 mph

NASA’s Curiosity rover accidentally pulled a rock out of Mars

Scientists say Dante’s Inferno described an asteroid impact 500 years before modern science

Scientists say 8,500 steps a day could stop weight from creeping back

Ozempic delivers major weight loss in adults over 65, study finds

Researchers say AI chatbots may blur the line between reality and delusion

Q&A: How jellyfish bycatch could be a valuable collagen source for cosmetics and biotech

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This 800-year-old Chinese exercise helps lower blood pressure naturally

JUPITER supercomputer breaks world record with 50-qubit quantum simulation

Ultra-processed foods linked to higher risk of heart disease and early death

Beneath seagrass meadows, a shift in warming seas could decide which underwater habitats survive

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When retailers wait to reveal prices, shoppers fill in the blanks

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Good vibrations for quantum communications: Engineers couple single phonon to single atomic spin

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Alaska's near‑record landslide tsunami sent a wave 1,580 feet up the fjord walls

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Self‑destructive behavior among Hermann's tortoises on a Macedonian island is leading to 'demographic suicide'

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Radio telescopes confirm 3.3-million-light-year halo in unusually quiet galaxy cluster

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Under mushroom caps, 17-plus bacterial species help drive stubborn blotch disease

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A vital Atlantic current is fading far faster, threatening Europe, Africa and North America by 2100

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Cut marks on 1.6 million-year-old bones reveal early humans moved prized meat

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2026 global report shows retailers still falling short on sustainable chocolate

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Do we absorb information better on paper, rather than screens? It depends on the screen

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Reading genetic activity from living cells without destroying them

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Is testosterone therapy safe and effective? What we know

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“Cannot be explained” – New ultra stainless steel stuns researchers

Scientists successfully transfer longevity gene and extend lifespan

Brain scans reveal a shocking difference between psychopaths and other people

The mangled remains of probes sent to Venus may still be there

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Celebrate Mother’s Day with nine bold, beautiful and bizarre animal moms

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No trees, no fans: surviving extreme heat in India's salt pans

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Scientists discover the brain’s hidden “stop scratching” switch

Tiny 'metajets' could use light to steer sails for interstellar travel

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Scientists stunned as volcano cloud destroys methane in the atmosphere

Scientists say a critical Atlantic ocean current is weakening and the world could feel the impact

Antarctica is melting from below and scientists say it’s worse than expected

Scientists reversed liver aging with young gut bacteria in stunning study