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The Milky Way was rewired by a cataclysmic collision billions of years ago. Now it is on course for another

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How bacteria organize themselves to 'hitchhike' across large distances

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The Healing Power of Dreaming Under Anesthesia

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'Black hole stars'—Webb finds strongest evidence yet

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Farmers in a national park are turning down lights at night to help wildlife. It could be good for crops too

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'Atmospheric scrubbing' could reduce cooling effects of stratospheric aerosol injections

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DNA tetrahedrons unlock sharper cancer targeting with vitamin E tweak

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Art and nature come together in stunning new Henry Moore exhibition

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More sustainable agriculture: Recycled fertilizers could be part of the solution

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Extreme coastal flooding surges worldwide as rising seas rewrite 100-year odds

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Dead organisms have a lasting ecological legacy, new research shows

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Small optical component could change how telescopes view the sun

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Think you have a good sense of humour? So do most people…

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Striking photos show how sands are encroaching on oases in the Sahara

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Report of gene-edited human embryos sparks worries about the technology’s future uses

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New Scientist recommends a brilliant take on the evolution of birds

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Secret life of adult whitebait revealed by new research

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How biodiversity loss could raise borrowing costs and deepen debt risks worldwide

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Human evolution was messy and gradual, not an abrupt revolution, argues archaeologist

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Where not to look in the search for ET

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A meteorite impact may have once rained gold on Western Australia

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An underground detector in China unveils its first major findings about mysterious ghost particles

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Do mandatory body cameras actually reduce police brutality?

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What happens when cartoon villains have an accent? Research reveals impact on kids

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Hawaii’s False Killer Whales Are Wasting Away

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Earth’s stratosphere is a mysterious superhighway for microbes

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AI scores a ‘C–’ on its hardest math test yet

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One storm pushed world's rarest great ape closer to extinction in Sumatra

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'Basketball Mathematics' help children boost math skills without extra class time

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Demolishing homes after climate disasters can be devastating. Here's how we reused precious materials

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Wolves seen hunting European bison in rare camera-trap recording

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Odds climb for record El Niño as 75% of models predict 2.5C warming

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80-atom boron 'buckyball' finally steps into nanotechnology's spotlight

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Greater international cooperation is needed to achieve the UN's global forest goals

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How to build kids’ ‘cognitive endurance’ in an age of distraction

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Millions of fossil whale bones found in deep-ocean ‘necropolis’

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Hundreds of new moons are revealing our solar system's violent history

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A day at the museum: How to follow kids' leads to support curiosity across generations

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Acoustic environment may explain why some bird songs outlast others

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How These Supergiant Sea Creatures Survive More Than 5 Years Without Eating

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How to tell if your dog is left-pawed or right-pawed, according to science

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Giant kelp's microscopic light antenna could inspire innovative climate solutions

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When men take parental leave, their careers may benefit—but women's do not

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Colonial ties may reshape 2026 World Cup odds, 1,500 simulations suggest

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Acidic nanoparticles target Parkinson's at cellular source

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Scientists propose a radical new theory for how life began on Earth

Ancient genome duplications laid the foundations of complex brains, research suggests

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How Argonaute, a key protein for RNA therapeutics, becomes activated

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Tyndall's Trail of Bergs: Ice splintered off southern Patagonia glacier drifts across a growing glacial lake

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Retreating glaciers increase iceberg sightings and reshape deep-sea habitats

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