Is collapse of the Atlantic Ocean circulation really imminent? Icebergs’ history reveals some clues

The chicken and egg problem of fighting another flu pandemic

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The mysterious pairs of planets we still can’t explain

Japan loses contact with Akatsuki, humanity’s only active Venus probe

The Sun Just Unleashed Yet Another Fierce Solar Flare, and It’s Only Getting Started

World’s thinnest lens is just three atoms thick

What to Know About World’s First Wooden Satellite, Set to Launch This Year

Mathematicians Attempt to Glimpse Past the Big Bang

James Webb space telescope photographs most distant known galaxy

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Steam’s Last Stand

The Textbooks Were Wrong About How Your Tongue Works

On this day in 1934, a very stubborn man attempted to be the first to summit Mount Everest

A beginner’s guide to tungsten

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‘Sleeping on it’ really does help and four other recent sleep research breakthroughs

World’s 1st carved horse: The 35,000-year-old ivory figurine from Vogelherd cave

Revealed: Churchill’s unsent letter that could have changed the course of history

Did pandemic lockdowns stunt kids’ immune systems long-term?

Sun’s Magnetic Field Forms Close to Surface

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Former California water official pleads guilty in heist to steal and sell water with secret pipe

Mapping the universe with data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory

North Korea drops trash balloons on the South

The death of Vulcan: Study reveals planet is actually an astronomical illusion caused by stellar activity

Spiral Waves May Explain the Sun’s Baffling Rotation

A New Hydrogen Combustion Engine Is Legitimately Heating Up

What’s Under This Hole on the Surface of Mars?

The real threat with AI is falling prey to the hype

To pee or not to pee? That is a question for the bladder — and the brain

Stuck at sea for years, a sailor’s plight highlights a surge in shipowner abandonment

Mystery malware destroys 600,000 routers from a single ISP during 72-hour span

Why scientists say we need to send clocks to the moon

Sports cars and millions seized in cybercrime busts

World-first tooth-regrowing drug will be given to humans in September

Music Helped Connect Hunter-Gatherer Groups in Central Africa

The Unusual Espionage Act Case Against a Drone Photographer

The Greek Beach That Looks Like the Moon

A Crocodile Equipped with Armadillo Armor Once Roamed Earth

Veteran Survives Grizzly’s Attack After It Bites Into Can of Bear Spray

Video: Our Galaxy May Be 10 Times Bigger Than We Thought [8:55]

The Social Lives of the Teens Who Don’t Have Phones

The best spots on the Moon for lunar bases are the same spots where scientists want to build telescopes

On this day in 1832 a mathematician engaged in a deadly duel

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NASA Lucy Images Reveal Asteroid Dinkinesh to be Surprisingly Complex

Physicists Puzzle Over Emergence of Strange Electron Aggregates

Surprising Evolutionary Insights Revealed by First Complete Chromosome Sequences From Great Apes

Huge Google Search document leak reveals inner workings of ranking algorithm

Iceland volcano dramatically erupts again as streams of lava reach town’s defensive walls

The ESA is visiting the asteroid punched by NASA’s DART mission

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Babbling babies may be warming up for speech, say scientists

Can Music Make Your Food Taste Better?

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Eleven rivals. Countless billions. One prize: the right to build a casino in the heart of New York

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