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Mars’ moons could be the remains of an ill-starred asteroid that got too close to…
Here’s why turning to AI to train future AIs may be a bad idea
ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot and other AI tools whip up impressive sentences and paragraphs from as…
Climate change has amped up hurricane wind speeds by 30 kph on average
As if hurricanes needed any more kick. Human-caused climate change is boosting the intensity of…
How RFK Jr.’s views may shape public health
The announcement that President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be the…
Clams use fiber optics to channel sunlight to symbiotic algae
In a discovery that blurs the line between biology and technology, scientists have found that…
Youth tobacco use has gone down, but the work isn’t over
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Keeping weight off may be stymied by fat cells’ ‘memory’ of obesity
Fat tissue may commit weight to memory. For people living with obesity, losing weight can…
Some people don’t have a mind’s eye. Scientists want to know why
Growing up, Roberto S. Luciani had hints that his brain worked differently than most people.…
50 years on, Lucy still sparks our curiosity
Editor in chief Nancy Shute recounts the 50-year anniversary of the hominid's discovery, which upended…
Readers ask about self-correcting quantum computers, oobleck’s experimental value
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