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The Love Letter Generator That Foretold ChatGPT

Scientists just got closer to solving a major Antarctic puzzle

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Gravitational wave researchers cast new light on Antikythera mechanism mystery

Most pristine trilobite fossils ever found shake up scientific understanding of the long extinct group

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The Con Artists Who Preyed on Gay Men In the Early 1900s

An OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Has Surprising Phosphate Content

The last woolly mammoths on Earth died from bad luck, not inbreeding

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Whistleblower warned Boeing of flaws in 787 planes that could have ‘devastating consequences’

Specific bacteria in the gut associated with food addiction

Bolivian police arrest leader of apparent coup attempt

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Russian satellite breaks up in space, forces ISS astronauts to shelter

NASA picks SpaceX to carry ISS to its watery graveyard after 2030

Russia Opens Secret Trial of U.S. Reporter Accused of Espionage

How Coffee Helped the Union Caffeinate Their Way to Victory in the Civil War

A Surprising Climate Find

The Real Treasure Was Not Gold: Surprise Discovery Reveals Secrets of Ancient Greek Shipwreck

Harvard, the human remains trade, and collectors who fuel the market

Generative AI Can’t Cite Its Sources

How the Goldenrod Plant is Challenging Traditional Views of Intelligence

Fossil of Neanderthal child with Down’s syndrome hints at early humans’ compassion

Rhino horns injected with radioactive material in bid to curb poaching

A black hole made from pure light is impossible, thanks to quantum physics

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Why is mystery object Cygnus X-3 so bright? Astronomers may now have the answer

Study: Active, Seafloor Hydrothermal Systems on Small Ocean Worlds Could Support Life

The brain makes lots of waste. Now scientists think they know where it goes

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