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This Mysterious Gas Cloud Spotted Around a Dead Star Is Beautiful—but Astronomers Say It Shouldn’t Be There

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Astronomers Find an Odd Space Cloud, Like a Galaxy Without Stars, That Could Shed Light on the Secrets of Dark Matter

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Archaeologists Stumble Upon Mysterious Medieval Village While Preparing for New Wind Farms in England

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Naked Mole-Rats Prefer Low-Oxygen Air That Would Kill Most Mammals, Adding to Their List of Death-Defying Superpowers

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See the Blades That Carried Boitano to Gold in the ‘Battle of the Brians’ in the 1988 Olympics

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Samuel Green Freed Himself and Others From Slavery. Then He Was Imprisoned Over Owning a Book

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Readers Respond to the December 2025 Issue

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Biologists Reveal How Same-Sex Sexual Behavior May Have Given Some Primates an Evolutionary Advantage

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You Can Soon Step Inside David Bowie's Childhood Bedroom, Restored to the Way It Looked When He Was 16

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A Cat Left Paw Prints on the Pages of This Medieval Manuscript When the Ink Was Drying 500 Years Ago

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Eating Large Amounts of Certain Preservatives Might Increase Your Risk of Developing Cancer and Type 2 Diabetes

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The Race Is On to Save the Alps' Famous Huts and Trails as Melting Permafrost Threatens to Destroy Them

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Some Dogs Are 'Gifted Word Learners' That Learn Language by Eavesdropping—Just Like Human Toddlers

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This Invasive Wasp Is Wreaking Havoc on Elms in North America—and the Damage May Soon Spread to Other Trees

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When Some Elephants Raid Farms, They Might Not Be After a Snack. They Could Be Looking for Medicinal Plants

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Miles Davis Emerged From Middle America to Become the ‘Picasso of Jazz’ and Taught Us All How to Be Cool

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Maggots Are an Incredibly Efficient Source of Protein, Which May Make Them the Next Superfood for Humans

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Archaeologists Say They've Unearthed a Massive Medieval Cargo Ship That's the Largest Vessel of Its Kind Ever Found

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OpenAI Says ChatGPT Health Can Understand Users' Medical Data and Provide Personalized Answers to Their Questions

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See the Record-Breaking Bluefin Tuna the Size of a Grizzly Bear That Sold for $3.2 Million at a Tokyo Fish Market

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