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Abracadabra! How Magic Can Help Us Understand Animal Minds

Forensic archaeologists are finally exploring what lies beneath the earth of the Nazis’ three so-called Operation Reinhard camps

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A Researcher’s Model Suggests We’re Connected to an Anti-Universe

A Bird Flu Virus Has Killed Its First Human

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Hiker finds pipe feeding China’s tallest waterfall

‘Washington Post’ CEO tried to kill a story about himself. It wasn’t the first time

If Neanderthals Were Able to Speak, They May Have Had High-Pitched Voices

Ancient Egyptian skull shows evidence of cancer, surgical treatment

Alien-Looking Species Seen For First Time Ever in Ocean’s Darkest Depths

Chinese Astronauts Just Repaired Space Debris Damage Outside the Station

Charleston bridge closed as out-of-control ship powers through harbor

D-Day, 80 Years On: An Oral History of the Allies’ Bold Attack

Metal is 3D Printed on the Space Station

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America’s Groundbreaking Sidewinder Was Poised to Rule the Skies. Then, the Soviet Union Stole It.

Scientists Discover and Photograph New Deep-Sea Species Called ‘Barbie Pigs’

The humble heroes who kept their tales of war to themselves

Chang’e 6 mission’s far-side moon samples enter return-to-Earth module in lunar orbit

Powder kegs: 50 years ago, 10-cent beers helped turn a Cleveland baseball game into a bloody riot

How Two Rebel Physicists Changed Quantum Theory

AI used to predict potential new antibiotics in groundbreaking study

Mystery object waits nearly an hour between radio bursts

Soviet media downplayed the significance of the D-Day invasion

Saudi Arabia Tourism: Surprising, Unsettling, Surreal

SpaceX Pushes Starship to New Extremes During Dramatic Fourth Flight Test

‘Natty or not?’: how steroids got big

The Unending Allure Of High Mountains

Remarkable new plant species steals nutrients from underground fungi

Boeing Starliner team detects new helium leaks en route to space station

How French winemakers outwitted the Nazis

Most Life on Earth is Dormant, After Pulling an ‘Emergency Brake’

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How NASA Is Prepping Mars Astronauts to Cope With Isolation and Other Extremes

Ancient crystals reveal fresh water dates back four billion years

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On Bali, Massive Ancient Stone Sarcophagi Included Treasures From Around the World

How Did We Forget the First Movie Star?

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