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Physics-trained digital 'super-brain' speeds nanophotonic design

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A flesh-eating New World screwworm was just found in a Texas cow—here’s what to know

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What network science can tell us about the 2026 World Cup

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DNA repair enzyme uses one-dimensional sliding to detect key sites, researchers reveal

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'Out-of-place' rocks reveal how a young ocean formed

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Black suburbanization is reshaping American neighborhoods, study finds

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Jupiter bow shock reveals electrons accelerating to relativistic speeds

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Understanding Earth's hidden east-west symmetry could improve climate models

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Home-sorted recycling produces higher-quality plastic bales with fewer contaminants, finds study

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Newly Discovered Active Fault Line Could Threaten New Zealand’s Biggest City

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Can fighting via text be good for a relationship?

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How tuning atomic order and surface chemistry can shape MXenes

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Scientists discover vast hidden structure beneath Antarctica’s ice

Young caregivers twice as likely to be persistently out of work or education, UK research shows

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Not too sunny, not too shady, just right for Japanese macaques

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Mysterious ‘cold blob’ in the Atlantic suggests the AMOC is weakening

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DigMethpy: An AI-driven platform for accelerating methane pyrolysis catalyst discovery

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D&D-seq maps DNA-protein interactions in single cells with multi-omics compatibility

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Astronomers just solved a 50-year-old mystery about the Milky Way’s black hole

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After 20 years, scientists finally shrink a powerful laser onto a chip

What is Godzilla El Niño?

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Why jellyfish can't rise to the surface

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The Cold War’s Accidental Whale Observatory

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Quantum shell structure reveals new rule for proton-neutron pairing inside nuclei

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Meteors are 'extremely common.' What makes the one over New England 'rare'?

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Did we just see a primordial black hole at the Milky Way’s edge?

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More Conversations, Complex Questions, and Bold Ideas in Season Five of ‘The Joy of Why’

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A study of 8,300 older adults revealed a surprising salt habit

Hidden in plain sight: The race to discover new species before they're gone

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Milky Way black hole's missing wind finally found after a half-century-long search

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Even quiet black holes create winds, new Milky Way observations reveal

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An unfinished reckoning with police violence: Community data show ongoing systemic racism

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Laser 'origami' could help astronauts build structures on the moon

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ExoMars rover targets vast bed of clay in search for life

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Coastal communities at risk of effects of repeating cycles of inequality in marine energy transition

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Endangered basking sharks rely on the ocean twilight zone during long-distance migrations

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Charred Bronze Age teeth unlock age at death despite cremation

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Scientists finally crack an “undruggable” pancreatic cancer target and nearly double survival

Majestic manta rays dive deep to survive storm events, data reveal

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Short videos may hinder learning by fragmenting attention and memory, study finds

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Goethe never knew this 40-million-year-old ant was hidden in his collection

Too much hype? Research explores the best language to use for successful crowdfunding

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How Rachel Carson's Silent Spring changed the world in 1962

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SpaceX seeks a record $75 bn in stock market debut

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From introvert to hero: The 'Hacker' revealed

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Photoexcitation flips 2D moiré devices from metals to insulators in ultrafast test

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Detection at the nanoscale: A phosphate-detecting electrochemical sensor

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Humans conquered the planet 300 times faster than genetic evolution can explain

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Search for alien technology on interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS comes up empty

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Scientists discover the master clock that controls biological growth and development