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What does the appendix do? Biologists explain the complicated evolution of this inconvenient organ

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Silicone wristbands can help scientists track people’s exposure to pollutants like ‘forever chemicals’

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How Instagram addictiveness lawsuit could reshape social media – platform design meets product liability

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Billions of dollars, decades of progress spent eliminating devastating diseases may be lost with undoing of USAID

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Why are some stars always visible while others come and go with the seasons?

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Researchers are combining drones and AI to make removing land mines faster and safer

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I study why zebrafish larva prefer to circle left or right, to understand how and why human brains encode right- and left-handedness

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With Artemis II facing delays, NASA announces big structural changes to the lunar program

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AI and 3D printing help researchers create heat- and pressure-resistant materials for aerospace and defense applications

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A Plan B for space? On the risks of concentrating national space power in private hands

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Are heroes born or made? Role models and training can prepare ordinary people to take heroic action

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Nanoparticles and artificial intelligence can help researchers detect pollutants in water, soil and blood

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Tiny recording backpacks reveal bats’ surprising hunting strategy

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Will AI accelerate or undermine the way humans have always innovated?

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Why does pain last longer for women? Immune cells may be the culprit

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‘Probably’ doesn’t mean the same thing to your AI as it does to you

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1 protein to rule them all – why crowning the protein that makes jellyfish glow green as a model can help scientists streamline biology

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What is Bluetooth and how does it work?

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Picky eating starts in the womb – a nutritional neuroscientist explains how to expand your child’s palate

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Algorithms that customize marketing to your phone could also influence your views on warfare

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