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Galaxies of life are collecting dust in museums – digitizing microscope slides can uncover billions of fossils for natural history

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Photographic memory is a myth – here’s what research really says about remembering

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Why do you have to wear a helmet when you’re skateboarding?

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Mythos AI is a cybersecurity threat, but it doesn’t rewrite the rules of the game

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A quiet Alaska fault is missing the fluids scientists expected – and it’s changing what we know about earthquake zones

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Biological age tests reveal what slows or hastens aging – but they’re useful only for researchers, not consumers

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AI data center boom is leaving consumer electronics short of chips − even though they don’t use the same kinds

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Fiber’s structural integrity keeps plants strong – and its indigestibility keeps your digestive system healthy

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Synthetic biology promised to rewrite life – with the death of its pioneer, J. Craig Venter, how close are scientists?

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Seeing an eclipse from Earth is awe-inspiring – for astronauts seeing one from space, the scene was even more grand

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‘A study showed…’ isn’t enough – scientific knowledge builds incrementally as researchers investigate and revisit questions

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How much should politics influence science, and vice versa? National Science Board’s ousting resurrects an existential debate

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Supreme Court geofencing case weighs constitutionality of digital dragnets – and how far your rights go in the data Big Tech collects on you

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Facial recognition data is a key to your identity – if stolen, you can’t just change the locks

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Tapping your genome with AI and quantum computing could deliver on the promise of personalized medicine – but practical and ethical hurdles remain

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Potential signs of life on distant planets sound exciting – but confirmation can take years

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Why is water wet?

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What is black garlic? How heat and humidity turn a pungent ingredient mild and slightly sweet

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You probably wouldn’t notice if an AI chatbot slipped ads into its responses

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China surpasses US in research spending – the consequences extend far beyond scientific ranking and clout

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