Why Microsoft made a deal to help restart Three Mile Island

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New Research Sheds Light on How Human Brain Processes Number Zero

The other British invasion: how UK lingo conquered the US

The Wild West of Papal Conclaves

Hummingbirds thrive on an extreme lifestyle. Here’s how.

Walking on the Moon in Cologne: Europe’s lunar life simulator

Sea robins are fish with ‘the wings of a bird and multiple legs like a crab’

‘We used to sail and fish and play’: how did an Argentinian lake the size of New York City disappear?

A Remote Alaskan Island Is on High Alert for a Rat

Field work – the physics of sheep, from phase transitions to collective motion

The Internet’s AI Slop Problem Is Only Going to Get Worse

The Two Faces of Space-Time

Crew Returns from Simulated Trip to Mars—Take a Peek Inside their Journey

Drug-free nasal spray prevents infection by trapping viruses in the nose

The Challenge of Preserving Good Data in the Age of AI

Elyse Graham on the Librarian Spies of World War Two

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Brad Pitt Imposters Arrested for Scamming Two Women Online Out of $350,000

Webb discovers ‘weird’ galaxy with gas outshining its stars

Existence of an Earth-like planet around a dead sun offers hope for our planet’s ultimate survival

Octopuses seen hunting together with fish in rare video — and punching fish that don’t cooperate

A Weirdly Large Object In Our Asteroid Belt Could Actually Be Habitable

The #1 Clue to Quantum Gravity Sits on the Surfaces of Black Holes

Scientists reexamine dopamine’s role in the placebo effect

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Don’t ever hand your phone to the cops

The Thought Experiments That Fray the Fabric of Space-Time

Mysterious white substance smeared on 3,600-year-old mummies is world’s oldest cheese

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Physicists Reveal a Quantum Geometry That Exists Outside of Space and Time

Why Everything We Think We Know About Spies Is Wrong

A Rose Without Thorns? How Gene Editing Is Giving Plants A Glow-Up

Our Appetite for Meat Is Hurting the Environment. Enter Lab-Grown Meat.

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Yellowstone’s Hot Springs Kill More People than Bears Do

Inside the Island Fortress of America’s Mega-Billionaires

Glowing Frog on a Bioluminescent Mushroom Wins Science Photography Contest

Occult? Try upstairs! Inside the world’s weirdest library, now open to the public

The Emperor’s Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death

Can you change your personality? Psychology research says yes, by tweaking what you think and do

Why the Debut Issue of America’s First Newspaper Was Also the Publication’s Last

Could Europa Clipper find life?

How a Nearby Supernova Left its Mark on Earth Life

The OceanGate Titan implosion left a 30,000-square-meter debris field

‘Postcards are the email of their day’: How cat memes went viral 100 years ago

New Zealand scientists discover ‘ghost shark’

First observation of ultra-rare particle decay could uncover new physics

Rare Earth Metals Found in Extinct Volcanoes Could Power The Future

“World-first” indoor vertical farm to produce 4M pounds of berries a year

The Letters of Oliver Sacks

Hacker plants false memories in ChatGPT to steal user data in perpetuity

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Lifeline, Cash-Grab, Tool for Censorship: Three Incarcerated Readers on eBooks in Prison

Fussy eating in children largely down to genetics, research shows

This Lost Mozart Composition Hasn’t Been Heard for Centuries. Now, You Can Listen to It

Ruby Franke’s Path From 8 Passengers to ConneXions to Prison

Desert Racers Demolish Art Carved by Ancient People in Chile