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Gravitational Waves Could Unlock the Answer to the Universe’s Most Elusive Mystery

Scientists Shed New Light on Triphyophyllum peltatum

Kentucky man finds over 700 Civil War-era coins buried in his cornfield

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The Quiet Rise of Real-Time Crime Centers

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Unearthing Rare Earth Elements – Scientists Use AI To Find Rare Materials

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Could you live in a house that had been the scene of a murder?

We can leave the Solar System, but arriving anywhere is not happening soon

The Trillion-Dollar Grift: Inside the Greatest Scam of All Time

James Webb Space Telescope spots violent collision between neutron stars

Mysterious Arachnid Turns Out to Have 3 Different Kinds of Male

Stars From The Dawn of The Universe Found Hidden in The Heart of Our Own Galaxy

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Humans Take Out More Wild Species Than Any Other Predator on Earth

Extremely overdue book returned to Mass. library 119 years later

Emergency lights and sirens on ambulances may do more harm than good

On this day in 1958 the largest recorded megatsunami occurred on the shores of Alaska

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Is Earth the only Goldilocks planet?

AI May Have Found The Most Powerful Anti-Aging Molecule Ever Seen

Schizophrenia Research Breakthrough: The Hidden Culprits Are Somatic Genetic Mutations

Neuroscience: This is how the brain directs our movements

The Fascinating Science of Boredom: Is It Actually Good for Us?

Scientists warned of a Salton Sea disaster. No one listened

Growing veggies for the Moon and Mars

Some authors are suing to prevent AI from “ingesting” more work. Is it too late?

Earth formed from dry clumps, suggesting water came later

The Lawlessness of Large Numbers

Eagle-Eyed Hiker Spots Bronze Age Rock Paintings in Norway

JWST Photographs a Fiery Spiral Galaxy With an Unexpectedly Violent Past

Buried on the Far Side of the Moon, the Detection of a Mysterious Heat-Emitting Object Leads to an Unexpected Discovery

That time John Fogerty was sued for plagiarising John Fogerty

US military set to destroy last of huge chemical weapons arsenal

Kakhovka Dam breach in Ukraine caused economic, agricultural and ecological devastation that will last for years

AI experts explain what keeps them up at night

Nonbinary genders beyond ‘male’ and ‘female’ would have been no surprise to ancient rabbis, who acknowledged tumtums, androgynos and aylonot

What will the next footprints on the Moon look like?

Like humans, elephants also prefer variety at dinner time

The Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab wins full FDA approval. It’s a very big deal.

Winning The Nobel Prize May Bestow an Unfortunate Side Effect

NASA’s Space Shuttle Endeavour Will Stand Tall Once More

The Greatest Museum You’ve Never Heard Of

Unspeakably stinky and unpredictable: two corpse flowers are blooming in the U.S.

‘Revolutionary’ solar power cell innovations break key energy threshold

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Harvard professor Avi Loeb believes he’s found fragments of alien technology