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The discovery of the Americas’ long-lost ‘Rome’

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Fighting Cancer With Quantum Computing

Hubble Sees Stunning Spiral Galaxy: IC 438

The Part of the Brain That Controls Movement Also Guides Feelings

‘Collective mind’ bridges societal divides − psychology research explores how watching the same thing can bring people together

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The physics of an 18th-century fire engine

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The strange reasons medieval people slept in cupboards

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You’ve Probably Passed A Nuclear Weapon On The Highway And Didn’t Even Know It

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A Plant That Flowers Underground Is New to Science, but Not to Borneo

Hospitals owned by private equity are harming patients, reports find

Global Elites Suddenly Starting to Fear AI

‘I’m not ready, brother’: US man to be put to death months after botched execution attempt

The Uncertainty of What Happened When Heisenberg Met Bohr

The Biggest Parasite Can Grow up to 30 Feet Long, and Live in Your Stomach

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The Next Generation LIFE Telescope Could Detect Some Intriguing Biosignatures

We Now Know Why This Common Rock Is So Good at Growing Clouds

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The Juror Who Found Herself Guilty

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Clashing Cosmic Numbers Challenge Our Best Theory of the Universe

Bizarre Fossils Are Neither Plant Nor Animal, But a ‘Weird Fusion’ of Life

There’s no such thing as common sense

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George Carlin Estate Threatens Legal Action Over AI Special

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The Familiar Hollywood Tale of How Screen Legend Veronica Lake Wound up Working in a Dive Bar

How a 27-year-old busted the myth of Bitcoin’s anonymity

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French cheese under threat

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