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India’s Chandrayaan-3 moon rover enters lunar orbit, snaps stunning photos (video)

Before he developed the atomic bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer’s early work revolutionized the field of quantum chemistry – and his theory is still used today

500-Million-Year-Old “Dune” Monster Unveiled

‘The most magical equation in physics’: How Paul Dirac accidentally revealed the strange world of antimatter

The Protests Inside Iran’s Girls’ Schools

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The Lunar Codex Will Archive the Work of 30,000 Artists—on the Moon

New Calculations Show How to Escape Hawking’s Black Hole Paradox

Solar Surprise: Scientists Discover Unprecedented High-Energy Light Coming From the Sun

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Binary system discovered with two stars so close together they could fit inside the sun

Ancient Skull Found in China Is Unlike Any Human Seen Before

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Underground Cells Make “Dark Oxygen” Without Light

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The aftermath: how the Beirut explosion has left scars on an already broken Lebanon

NASA restores contact with lost Voyager 2 space probe after two weeks of silence

The Art of Telling Forbidden Stories in China

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The Cartel That Controls the US Meat Industry

James Webb telescope captures end stages of dying star’s life

An Aging Expert Thinks Humans Can Live for 20,000 Years. He’s Not Crazy.

Scientists Uncover a Surprising Link Between Pure Mathematics and Genetics

James Webb Space Telescope spies cosmic question mark in deep space

How a Pinochet ‘death flight’ helicopter became UK gamepark prop

What’s going on with the reports of a room-temperature superconductor?

Ocean surface hits highest ever recorded temperature and set to rise further

The Enticing Mysteries of U.F.O. Photography

The Australian town where people live underground

Exposure to Certain Fragrances During Sleep Dramatically Boosts Cognitive Function

The Psychopathic Path to Success

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The Lawlessness of Large Numbers

NASA’s Nazi Past

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First-of-its-kind cancer drug targets mechanism that causes metastasis

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The thymus withers away after puberty. But it may be important for adults

Megalodon: the superpredator that ate its siblings in the womb

Ryugu samples reveal traces of rock from before the Sun existed

Archaeologists Discover 900-Year-Old English Cathedral’s Hidden Medieval Crypt

Woman’s escape from makeshift prison cell likely spared others, FBI says

Chilling Breakthrough: The Science Behind a Real-Life “Freeze Ray” Technology for the Air Force

Newly-discovered gigantic viruses have scientists fascinated and baffled

Blind creature — named after ‘mythical gnome-like’ animal — found deep underground

London Tube passengers baffled as train pulls into abandoned station

Thousands of desperate, vivid diaries remain from occupied Europe