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Under proposed rule, science funding must pass political review

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AI + turfgrass science in the most high-tech World Cup yet

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Sci-fi thriller combines aliens, robots, and Cherokee culture

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Beavers could be humans' biggest ally, if we let them

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Searching for dark matter, deep in the Earth

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The decades-long movement to kill FEMA

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What cats and dogs hear + A 'smell map' of the nose

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How do you study microplastics in a plastic-filled lab?

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Maine nearly became the first state to ban data centers

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What urban design tells us about democracy

11

Listening for the cosmic ‘dark ages,’ from the lunar far side

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How do you describe nature? Two poets help us

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The lucky breaks that make our Earth home

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How New Jersey tamped down PFAS in drinking water

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How a particle accelerator illuminated 56 human organs

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Simone Giertz’s journey from robot comedy to high-end design

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When a dolphin whistles, what does it mean?

18

Inside the lives of astronauts’ families

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Green stuff, brown stuff: Secrets to a great compost pile

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Why so many studies can’t be replicated

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How a sound designer gave an alien its voice (and 250 words)

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Can GLP-1 drugs treat addiction?

23

What a sperm whale’s birth tells us about whale culture

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Is the US backing out of the electric vehicle market?

25

Can algae help pull microplastics out of our water supply?

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Artemis II test flight heads toward the moon

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Should Pluto be a planet again?

28

How to poop better, according to a gastroenterologist

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Harnessing the superpowers of silk

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CERN finds a new particle + News alerts for the cosmos

31

Move over, vibe-coding. Vibe-proving is here for math

32

Is Punch the monkey really just like us?

33

Could bird flu still spark a pandemic?

34

The secret powers of flowers

35

Apple: trying to think different for 50 years

36

‘Project Hail Mary’ brings a new kind of alien to the big screen

37

Building a digital ant gallery, from the ground up

38

The heaviness and (not) hope of climate change

39

Could a ‘digital twin’ help you get better health care?

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Who uses Farmers’ Almanacs? + Zebra finch home design

41

Slow Breaking News: A Giant Tortoise Revival

42

How Is AI Being Used In The Iran War?

43

Is There Science Behind The ‘Nervous System Reset’?

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AI Music Is On The Charts. Where Does It Go From Here?

45

The Surprising Science Of Why Sneakers Squeak

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Can ‘Suggestion-Box Science’ Make Public Health More Useful?

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Fixing Society's Toughest Problems? ‘It’s On You’

48

3D Images Of Galaxies Will Rock You (Ft. Queen)

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Slow Release Of Federal Science Funds Holds Up Research

50

The Evolution Of An Enzyme Engineer Who Changed Chemistry

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The Art And Science Of Staving Off Cognitive Decline

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Into the Woods, From Chestnut Genetics To Tiny Forests

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EPA Rescinds The Legal Basis For Regulating Greenhouse Gases

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How One Gene Affects Alzheimer’s Risk

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Are My THC Gummies Going Away?

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Why Aren’t There Biomarkers For Mental Illness?

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Autism Rates Appear To Be Even Across Sexes. Diagnosis Is Not

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AMA Joins Effort To Launch Independent Vaccine Review Panel

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What A Snow Drought In The West Means For The Rest Of 2026

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Jump, Spin, Glide: The Science Of Figure Skating

61

How Are State-Run Psilocybin Therapy Programs Going?

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A Little Grime Can Boost Kids’ Health. But What Kind?

63

Mating, Marriage, And Monogamy In The Age Of Apps

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What A Tea Party With A Bonobo Taught Us About Imagination

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How Is Screen Time Affecting My Kid?

66

Who Wants To Smell An Ancient Embalmed Mummy?

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Stressed About The World? Take A Cue From Cyanobacteria

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The Largest US Particle Collider Stops Its Collisions

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Olympic Ski Mountaineering, And Mountain Goat Climbing Feats

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Why Worry About My Data If I Have Nothing To Hide?

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Should Ultraprocessed Foods Be Off The Menu?

72

The Growing Experiment Of Putting Solar Panels On Farmland

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We’re All Being Played By Metrics

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The Middle + SciFri: How Can Trust In Science Be Restored?

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Untangling The History Of Dog Domestication

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A Science Historian Tackles Ghostwriting In Scientific Papers

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How China Is Driving Down Electricity Costs With Renewables

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Managing The Risks Of Spaceflight, 40 Years After Challenger

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How A Mutation Made This Year’s Flu Season So Bad

80

Tracking The Toxic Fallout Of The LA Fires

81

Deepfakes Are Everywhere. What Can We Do?

82

Looking Beyond Statins For New Ways To Lower Cholesterol

83

States Expected To See More ‘Anti-Science’ Bills This Year

84

What’s Happening On The Slippery Surface Of Ice?

85

Teasing Apart The Causes And Early Signs Of Parkinson’s

86

What Greenland Sharks Are Teaching Us About Aging Eyes

87

Secrets Of Ancient Concrete, And... Data Centers In Space?

88

One Year Into Trump’s Term, Where Does Science Funding Stand?

89

Drilling Into The Details Of Venezuela’s Oil

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‘The Kissing Bug’ And The Story Of A Neglected Disease

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Are Raccoons On The Road To Domestication?

92

The Community Group Rethinking LA's Approach To Wildfires

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What Should Astronauts Do First When They Reach Mars?

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Can The Rise In Solar Power Balance Out Clean Energy Cuts?

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Are Ultramarathoners Just Built Different?

96

Your Cells Are Always Building A Whole New You

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A Look Back At 2025 In Science, From Federal Cuts To Space Junk

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How Death Metal Singers Make Their Extreme Vocalizations

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What The Sigma Is Algospeak?

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Tangling With Entanglement And Other Big Ideas In Physics

101

The Science Of Thriving In Winter—By Embracing It

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A Neurologist Investigates His Own Musical Hallucinations

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‘Prehistoric Planet’ Defrosts Strange Animals Of The Ice Age

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How Did Vaccine Policies Actually Change In 2025?

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Why Astronomers Are Excited About Comet 3I/ATLAS’ Close Approach

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‘Fire Amoeba’ Likes It Hot, And A Faraway Lava Planet

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What’s The Reality Behind The Humanoid Robot Hype?

108

'Just' A Blue Jay? Don't Overlook These Magnificent Common Birds

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Can We Just Throw Our Plastic Garbage Into A Volcano?

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How Did Ancient Humans Use The Acoustics Of Spaces Like Caves?

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What The Sounds Of Melting Glaciers Can Tell Us

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How A Fringe Idea Led To Lifesaving Cancer Treatments

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Why Is Bubonic Plague Still With Us?

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Don’t Let Their Name Fool You—Sea Slugs Are Awesome

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As Companies Build Data Centers For AI, Communities Push Back

116

A Toast To Bats That Pollinate Agave, And Tracking Monarchs

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A Startling Plan To Save Spotted Owls—From Barred Owls

118

Can A Microbe Conservation Movement Take Off?

119

How To Tap Into The Hidden Histories Of Rocks

120

Fingernails And Indigestion At The 2025 Ig Nobel Prizes

121

Why Is Working Out Good For Your Mental Health?

122

Everything You Never Knew About Squash And Pumpkins

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‘A Many-Headed Beast’: Telling The Story Of Cancer

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African Grey Parrots Are Popular—And It’s Fueling Illegal Trade

125

Attention, Trivia Nerds! It’s A Food Science Fact Feast

126

Can Animal Super-Agers Teach Us Their Secrets?

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How Alphafold Has Changed Biology Research, 5 Years On

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How A Woodpecker Pecks Wood, And How Ants Crown A Queen

129

Memories Change. But Can We Change Them On Purpose?

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Bearded Vulture Nests Hold Trove Of Centuries-Old Artifacts

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Why The Bassist From Phish Is Funding Research Into ‘Flow State’

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Even Nobel Prize Winners Deal With Imposter Syndrome

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Study Finds COVID mRNA Vaccines Boost Cancer Treatment

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Were Dinos On Their Way Out Before The Asteroid Hit? Maybe Not

135

Is There Such A Thing As Too Much Resolution On A TV?

136

Can A Billion-Dollar Barricade Keep Carp Out Of The Great Lakes?

137

Inside The Race To Save Wild Axolotls

138

Endometriosis Is Common. Why Is Getting Diagnosed So Hard?

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Why Hasn’t Wave Energy Gotten Its Sea Legs Yet?

140

A Halloween Monster Mashup, And A Spooky Lakes Tour

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What Happens To Your Digital Presence After You Die?

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Why Morbid Curiosity Is So Common—And So Fun

143

Peanut Allergies In Kids Are Finally On The Decline

144

How Do Bacteria Talk To Each Other?

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A Lab-Grown Salmon Taste Test And More Foodie Innovations

146

What Did It Feel Like To Be An Early Human?

147

TikTok Is Shaping How We Think About ADHD

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Footage Shows How Narwhals Use Tusks To Hunt And Play

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Have Astrophysicists Spotted Evidence For ‘Dark Stars’?

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AI Was Supposed To Discover New Drugs. Where Are They?

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How Math Helps Us Map The World

152

The Science Of Replacing Body Parts, From Hair To Hearts

153

It’s Not Just You—Bad Food Habits Are Hard To Shake

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100 Years Later, Quantum Science Is Still Weird

155

An Off-The-Grid Nobel Win, And Antibiotics In Ancient Microbes

156

World Space Week And Promising Climate Tech Companies

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The Story Behind The Largest Dam Removal In U.S. History

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How Archaeologists Try To Smell, Hear, And Taste The Past

159

Moth Survival Strategies And A Rodent Thumbnail Mystery

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As The CDC Falters, How Do We Fill Public Health Gaps?

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Anthropologists Have A Bone To Pick With New Skull Finding

162

Remembering Primatologist Jane Goodall

163

What Do We Know About SSRI Antidepressant Withdrawal?

164

Asha de Vos’ Journey From Deck Hand To Marine Science Leader

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Why Painters Are Obsessed With The Duck Stamp Art Contest

166

Can Better Equipment Eliminate Concussions In Sports?

167

Is Tylenol Use During Pregnancy Connected To Autism?

168

How AI Advances Are Improving Humanoid Robots

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The High-Tech Lab Unlocking Secrets Of Coral Reproduction

170

The Humble Microbe Could Help Us Understand Life Itself

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Raising A New Generation Of Bat Conservationists In West Africa

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How Conservation Efforts Brought Rare Birds Back From The Brink

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Teamwork Between Species Is The Key To Life Itself

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If An Asteroid Were Headed For Earth, Would We Be Ready?

175

A Trailblazing Geneticist Reflects On Her Life And Work

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What The Label Of ‘Genius’ Tells Us About Our Society

177

The Human Obsession With Aliens Goes Way, Way Back

178

A Delicious But Invasive Mushroom Could Affect Fungal Diversity

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A Photographer Captures Nature In Mind-Boggling Detail

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How Shoddy Science Is Driving A Supplement Boom

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Octopuses Use Suckers To ‘Taste’ Harmful Microbes

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After CDC Director Is Ousted, More Senior Officials Resign

183

Meet 3I/Atlas, An Object From Another Solar System

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How Common Household Products Pollute Our Indoor Air

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The Shape-Shifting Science Of Sand Dunes

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Food Science Experts On Perfecting At-Home Ice Cream

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An ER Doctor Reflects On Hurricane Katrina, 20 Years Later

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An Archaeologist And A Tattoo Artist Decipher Ancient Ink

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What Lies Beneath The Outer Layers Of A Star?

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How Have Gray Wolves Fared 30 Years After Reintroduction?

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Are Food Dyes Really Bad For You?

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mRNA Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise

193

Can The Rise In Solar Power Balance Out Clean Energy Cuts?

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Decoding Fireflies’ Smelly Signals And Blinking Butts

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The Uncertain Science Behind What We Understand As ‘Truth’

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How Agatha Christie Used Chemistry To Kill (In Books)

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What Do mRNA Funding Cuts Mean For Future US Research?

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Breast Milk Is Understudied. What Are Scientists Learning Now?

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When Headaches Are Ruining Your Life, Where Can You Turn?

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Remembering Apollo 13 Astronaut James Lovell

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‘Underground Atlas’ Shows How Vulnerable Fungal Networks Are

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Lithium May Have A Role In Causing—And Treating—Alzheimer’s

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Are Cold Plunges Actually Good For You?

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A Nagasaki Survivor And Physician Recounts His Life's Work

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65 Genomes Expand Our Picture Of Human Genetics

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How The Moon Transformed Life On Earth

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EPA Seeks To Revoke Scientific Basis For Greenhouse Gas Rules

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You Can Whistle While You Work—But How Does A Whistle Work?

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A Reptile’s Baffling Backfin And The Math Of Dashing Dinos

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NASA Employees Protest Cuts In Formal Dissent Letter

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Where Are We On The Science Of Menopause?

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EPA To Shut Down Scientific Research Arm

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Parker Solar Probe Captures Closest-Ever Images Of The Sun

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Climate Change Is Upending The Home Insurance Market

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What The Sigma Is Algospeak?

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How Millions Of Flies Can Help Stop The New World Screwworm

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Why Is The Scopes Trial Still Relevant 100 Years Later?

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Why Don’t We Have A Vaccine For Lyme Disease?

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Is This PTSD Treatment Too Good To Be True?

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Is It Time For A New Model Of The Universe?

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How PFAS From A Military Base Has Sickened Nearby Residents

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The Leap: And Then The Sub Went Silent

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How These Spiders At The Bottom Of The Sea Run On Methane

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As Disasters Escalate, What’s The Future Of FEMA?

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Spaghetti Science And Mouth Taping Myths

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The Goo In Your Home Could Help Science Address Climate Change

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How Do GLP-1 Drugs Override Our Biology?

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The Leap: Everything Else Is Boring

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The Seafaring Life Of ‘Modern-Day Captain Nemo,’ Robert Ballard

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Understanding Sunscreen Ingredients And Which Ones You Need

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In ‘Jurassic World Rebirth,’ Paleontology Is Still The Star

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What Does It Mean To Have A Chatbot Companion?

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The Leap: Mars? It Was A Miracle We Got To Florida

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After Her Grants Got Cut, This Researcher Is Suing The NIH

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New Telescope Captures The Cosmos In Groundbreaking Detail

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How Scientists Made The First Gene-Editing Treatment For A Baby

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Ancient Bone Proteins May Offer Insight On Megafauna Extinction

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The Leap: You Do Realize… That’s Impossible

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What We’re Learning From The James Webb Space Telescope

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How ‘Super Agers’ Stay Sharp And Active Longer Than Their Peers

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A Dino’s Last Dinner And Eavesdropping Birds

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What Are The Best Practices For Prostate Cancer Screening?

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The Leap: Garbage In, Garbage Out

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RFK Jr. Reshuffles CDC Vaccine Panel With Vaccine Skeptics

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What’s Next For China’s Space Program?

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The Ruin And Redemption Of The American Prairie

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Bedbugs Have Been Bugging Us Since Before Beds

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The Leap: A Scientist’s Quest To See Every Organism On Earth

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Are We Prepared To Fight ‘The New Polio’?

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How Science Communication Can Step Up Amid Federal Cuts

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How Cannibalistic Tadpoles Could Curb Invasive Cane Toads

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Turning The Binoculars On Birders

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The Leap: Be Bold Or Just Don't Do It

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What Huge Cuts To NSF Funding Mean For Science

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What Happens When Air Traffic Control Systems Go Dark?

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Could The NIH Plan For A ‘Universal Vaccine’ Really Work?

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The Leap: This Is Going To Kill Your Career

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The Science Of That Big Stunt From The New ‘Mission: Impossible’

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Meet A Pioneer Of Modern Weather Prediction

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Are Physical Buttons And Knobs Making A Comeback?

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Scientists Identify Genes For Tomato And Eggplant Size

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The Leap: The Volcano Whisperer

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Lesser Prairie Chicken May Lose Endangered Species Status

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Tracking The Hidden Dangers Of Fighting Fires

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Identifying New Plants, And The Scientific Secrets Of Superfoods

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Designing Hyperrealistic Body Parts, From Eyeballs To Placentas

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The Leap: I Was Considered A Nobody

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Cuts To NASA And A Fast-Track For Deep Sea Mining

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How Do Bacteria Talk To Each Other?

270

Functional Fashion From An Artist And A Caterpillar

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Ancient Iguanas Floated 5,000 Miles Across The Pacific | A Pregnant Ichthyosaur Fossil

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Are There Things That We Know We Can’t Know?

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Two Steps Forward For Meat Alternatives

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How Death Metal Singers Make Their Extreme Vocalizations | Regional Allergies

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A New Book On The Horrifying, Creative World Of Insect Zombies

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Untangling The Mind-Body Connection In Chronic Pain

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A Precisely Pointed Laser Allows People To See New Color ‘Olo’

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$8B Of Climate Tech Projects Canceled | In Louisiana, A Successful, Growing Wetland

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Investigating Cat Behavior Through Genetics

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Advances In Brain-Computer Interfaces For People With Paralysis

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A Blind Inventor’s Life Of Advocacy And Innovation

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The Lack Of Science In Road Design Is Deadly

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Possible Signature Of Life Detected On Exoplanet—Maybe | A Colossal Squid Video

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How ‘Science Interpreters’ Make Hidden Science Visible

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The Navajo Researcher Reviving A Desert Peach | A New Dino With Blade-Like Horns

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How Interjections Regulate Conversation | Saccharin For Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria

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Trump’s Nominee For NASA Administrator Meets Congress

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How Real Doctors Brought ‘The Pitt’ To Life

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What Will Replace The International Space Station?

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What Artificial General Intelligence Could Mean For Our Future

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Climate Change Has Made Allergy Season Worse. How Do We Cope?

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Microdosing Peanut Butter Could Alleviate Some Peanut Allergies

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The Department Of Health And Human Services Cuts 10,000 Jobs

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Forecasting Cuts Spark Worries About Hurricane Season | Soothing Babies With Music

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Massive Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica, Revealing Wonders Below

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TikTok Is Shaping How We Think About ADHD

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Engineering Lessons One Year After The Baltimore Bridge Collapse

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23andMe Bankruptcy | A Coating That Can Slow A Golf Ball’s Roll

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AI Word Choice | When Dwarf Lemurs Hibernate, Their Chromosomes Do Something Odd

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Developing Faster, Simpler Tools To Treat Tuberculosis

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Author John Green On The Many Ways Tuberculosis Shaped Human Life

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DESI Data Strengthens Evidence Of Change In Dark Energy

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NASA Astronauts Return To Earth After Extended Stay On The ISS | Bottle "Pop" Physics

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The Evolving Science Of How Childhood Trauma Shapes Adults | Butterfly Memories

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How NIH Cuts Could Affect U.S. Biomedical Research

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Fungi Create Complex Supply Chains | A Rookie Robot Umpire Takes The Field

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10% Of NOAA Staff Laid Off | Frozen Funds Leave Farmers In Limbo

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Pi, Anyone? A Celebration Of Math And What’s New

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How Plants Powered Prehistoric Giants Millions Of Years Ago

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How Narwhals Use Their Tusks To Hunt And Play | This Week's ‘Blood Moon’ Lunar Eclipse

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Where Have All The Butterflies Gone?

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What Does Dismantling USAID Mean For Global Health?

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Protesters ‘Stand Up For Science’ At Rallies Nationwide | Blue Ghost Lunar Lander

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The Effort To Save Thousands Of Donor Kidneys | Ocean Liner Will Become An Artificial Reef

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Where Does Plastic And Other Trash Go After We Throw It Away?

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An Animal’s Size And Its Cancer Risk | Bastetodon, A 30 Million-Year-Old Apex Predator

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How Trump’s DEI Ban Will Affect Medical Research

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Conflicting Directives Sow Confusion For NIH Workers | The Mycobiome

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The Best Tail For Balance | Bindi Irwin Wants Kids To Become ‘Wildlife Warriors’

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A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise

321

Why Are Flu And Other Viral Infection Rates So High This Year?

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Making Sense Of Federal Cuts To Science—And What Comes Next

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Tomb Of Egyptian King Unearthed | Why The Internet Was Captivated By A Hideous Fish

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What Happens To Your Body When You’re Grieving

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Can Men and Women (Baboons) Really Just Be Friends? | The Best Bear Deterrent May Be Drones

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Adventures In Science At The Icy ‘Ends Of The Earth’

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FDA Approves A New, Non-Opioid Painkiller | Deep, Multi-Layer Oceans On Uranus And Neptune?

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Most Powerful Neutrino Ever Is Detected In the Mediterranean | Nerdy Valentines

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‘Common Side Effects’ And An All-Healing Mushroom | The Unique Smell Of Snow

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Investigating Fraud At The Heart Of Alzheimer’s Research

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Managing Wildfires Using A Centuries-Old Indigenous Practice

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Can Vaping Help You Quit Cigarettes? What Are The Risks?

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How Lucy Runs On A Virtual Treadmill | Comparing DeepSeek’s AI To Other Models

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Scientists Create Glowing ‘RNA Lanterns’ With Bioluminescence

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What’s Next For Quantum Computing In 2025?

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Building Blocks Of Life Found On Asteroid Bennu

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The Toxic Aftermath Of An Urban Fire

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Strain Of Bird Flu Discovered In California | Understanding Bipolar Disorder Through The Genome

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The Science Of Thriving In Winter—By Embracing It

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The Factors That Make Bird Sounds So Diverse Across The World

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Can Paxlovid Relieve Long COVID Symptoms? For Some, Yes

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AI Is Coming Up With Brand New Molecules, Fueling Drug Discovery

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Trump Administration Cancels Meetings, Freezes Hiring At NIH | What Is A Meme Coin?

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Why Editors At Scientific Journals Are Resigning En Masse

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This January, See A ‘Planet Parade’ In The Night Sky

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‘Orbital’ Imagines The Inner Lives Of Astronauts On The ISS

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Fire Risk To Homes Where Cities And Wildlands Meet

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2 Private Lunar Landers | Cervical Cancer Deaths Plummet, Experts Credit HPV Vaccine

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‘Artificial General Intelligence’ Is Apparently Coming. What Is It?

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NASA Considers Cheaper Ways To Retrieve Mars Samples | How Does A Hula Hoop Stay Up?

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Surgeon General Highlights Link Between Alcohol And Cancer

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First U.S. Bird Flu Death Raises Concerns About Preparedness

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Meet Flora Lichtman | Los Angeles Wildfires Stoked By Santa Ana Winds

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What Lichen Tell Us About Ecology, Air Quality, And More

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Biologists Call For A Halt To ‘Mirror Life’ Research

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The Breakthrough Technologies To Watch In 2025

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What Scientists Have Learned From 125 Years Of Bird Counts

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Scientists Predict Loss Of Deep Snow In Most Of U.S.

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Jane Goodall On Life Among Chimpanzees

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The Science That Captivated SciFri’s Reporters In 2024

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Health, Astronomy, And Climate Experts On 2024’s Coolest Science

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Meet Leaders Of 3 Local Conservation Projects | Preserving ‘Space Junk’ Left On Mars

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The Top Dino Discoveries Of 2024 | Can Spiking Eggnog Kill Bacteria From Raw Eggs?

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Parker Solar Probe Will Make Closest-Ever Approach To Sun

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If ‘Interstellar’ Were Made Today, What Would Be Different?

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Farewell, Murder Hornet | What FAA Regulations Tell Us About Mysterious Drone Sightings

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How Blind Women In India Detect Early Breast Cancer | Web-Slinging Silk Becomes Real

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8.5 Hours Of Daily Sitting Linked To Higher BMI And Cholesterol

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The Accidental Discovery That Gave Us ‘Forever Chemicals’ | A Pregnancy Play Inspired By Mushroom Research

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How Empire and Environmental Destruction Go Hand-In-Hand

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The Universe Is Expanding Faster Than Expected | Are Food Recalls Actually On The Rise?

372

You Share Your Gut Microbiome With Your Friends

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Marie Curie And The Women Scientists Who Became Her Legacy

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Protecting Against Poison Exposure This Holiday Season

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2024’s Best Science Books For Kids

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Supreme Court Case On Regulation Of Vapes | Predicting Lithium-Ion Battery Explosions

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A Theatrical Tribute To Unexpected Science

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'They Might Be Giants' Sings About Science

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What Was It Like To Witness The End Of The Dinosaurs?

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A Nobel Prize For Chemistry Work ‘Totally Separate From Biology’

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Alan Alda Reflects On Life With Parkinson’s

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A Horn Of Potato Plenty | Adding Marbling To Fake Meat For An Extra-Realistic Bite

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A Nutritionist Clarifies Some Common Health Claims

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Restoring Drinking Water After Hurricane Helene | Oyster Shell Reefs And Sea Level Rise

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50 Years Of Science With Lucy, Our Famous Early Ancestor

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SpaceX’s Starship Completes In-Orbit Engine Test | Resuscitating Shipwrecked Rye Seeds

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Chef Jack Bishop Breaks Down ‘The Science of Good Cooking’

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Bacteriophages Lurk In Your Bathroom, But Don’t Worry

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Managing Invasive Plants And Ticks Together | Clue Into The Evolution Of The Bird Brain

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The Gurgling, Growling History Of The Gut

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At COP29, The World’s Top Polluters Are No-Shows | Walking Pneumonia Is Spiking

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Oliver Sacks Searched The Brain For The Origins Of Music

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CAR-T Cell Therapy For Autoimmune Diseases | Measuring Early Life Adversity—In Marmots

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Your Arm Position Can Make Blood Pressure Readings Inaccurate

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Why Do We Keep Widening Highways If It Doesn’t Reduce Traffic?

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Ballot Measures Passed To Protect Abortion Rights | New Largest Prime Number

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Chickens Have Friendships And Reputations | Tourist Photos May Help Map Penguin Colonies

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The Clean Air Act Has Saved Millions Of Lives—But Gaps Remain

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How Does Long-Distance Running Affect Your Body?

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Gender-Affirming Care Is On The Line In This Election

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Maine Offshore Wind Auction Draws Few Bids | An Artist Combines Indigenous Textiles With Modern Tech

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After A Park Fire, Milkweed Bloomed | The ‘Creepy’ Procedure That Taps Into Young Blood

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How Insects Changed The World—And Human Cultures

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The Science Behind Third-Trimester Abortions

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How Aging Water Systems Are Pushing Sewage Into U.S. Homes

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Did Dinosaur Flight Evolve More Than Once? | Biodiversity’s Biggest Event Is Underway

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How Do Animals Understand Death?

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MRIs Show How The Brain Changes During Pregnancy

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How Metaphor Shapes Science | Intertwining The Lives Of Moths And Humans Through Music

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NASA’s Europa Clipper Heads To Jupiter’s Icy Moon Europa

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Pandas Return To Washington, D.C. | A Lesser-Known Grain Called Kernza

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How Health Misinformation Spreads | A Play About Ben Franklin And His Son

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Searching The Universe For Clues To The Ultra-Small

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What Makes ‘SuperAgers’ Stay Healthy For So Long?

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Asheville Was Never A ‘Climate Haven.’ Nowhere Is.

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The Science Behind Hurricane Milton | ‘Unsettling’ Warm Water In Lake Michigan

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How Campaigns Use Psychology To Get Out The Vote

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How Gut Microbes Are Linked To Stress Resilience

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How Magnetic Brain Stimulation Helps Relieve Depression

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How The Origin Of Life On Earth Can Help Find Life In Space

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Hurricane Helene's Effect On The Global Tech Industry | A Stretchy Band-Aid For The Heart

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Herbicides Approved For Public Land | Hidden Physics In Van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’

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Improving Hospitals’ Support For Teens In Mental Health Crises

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Greenhouse Gases From Anesthesia | Fighting Militarization In The Mariana Islands

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Empowering Older Adults To Step Up For The Climate

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Microsoft Makes Deal To Restart Three Mile Island | Fish That Use Their Legs To Taste

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Former NIH Director Reflects On Public Mistrust In Science

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How Are AI Chatbots Changing Scientific Publishing?

429

These Artists Serve Up Environmental Crises Through Food

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Surgeon General Takes On Parental Stress And Mental Health

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Earth May Once Have Had A Ring Like Saturn | An AI For Sand

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Physicists Create Heaviest Antimatter Nucleus | Bird Species May Team Up For Migration

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Your Questions About The Updated COVID Vaccines, Answered

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To Confront Climate Change, Imagine Getting It Right

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