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Two Vaquita Calves Offer Flicker of Hope for Most...

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2025/11/06

The latest report shows that the estimated number of endangered vaquita porpoises has modestly increased

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AI Decodes Visual Brain Activity—and Writes Captions...

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2025/11/06

A non-invasive imaging technique can translate scenes in your head into sentences. It could help to reveal how the brain interprets the world

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An Opera Explores the Story of Rosalind Franklin and...

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2025/11/06

Betrayal, ambition and the double helix: turning Rosalind Franklin’s story and the discovery of the structure of DNA into an opera

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Ancient Roman Roads Mapped in Detail from Great...

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2025/11/06

New findings increase the known length of the Roman Empire’s road network by more than 60,000 miles

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Black Hole ‘Superflare’ Is the Strongest Ever Seen

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2025/11/06

A “superflare” 10 trillion times brighter than the sun is confirmed as the record holder for luminosity

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Alarm Grows over Proposed Giant Mirrors in Orbit and...

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2025/11/06

Reflect Orbital’s plan to deliver “sunlight on demand” using thousands of giant orbital mirrors is just the latest in a growing list of disruptive commercial activities in space

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Ozempic and Wegovy May Slow Alcohol Absorption and...

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2025/11/06

A small study helps explain why some people taking Wegovy and similar weight-loss drugs cut back on alcohol, offering insight into potential new addiction therapies

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NASA Chief Pick Jared Isaacman Renominated to Head...

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2025/11/05

Ahead of Jared Isaacman’s renomination for the position of NASA’s administrator, a dispute between him and its acting chief Sean Duffy spilled into the open, with potentially profound consequences for the U.S. space agency

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Ancient Map of the Cosmos Uncovered in Mexican Jungle

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2025/11/05

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a ritual-based site that may have been built long before the rise of Maya rulers

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COVID Is Beginning to Surge Globally—What Are the...

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2025/11/05

Limited COVID surveillance data are hampering vaccination and health strategies, researchers say

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Long-Lived Gamma-Ray Burst Is Unlike Any Seen Before

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2025/11/05

A cosmic explosion known as GRB 250702B is by far the longest gamma-ray burst astronomers have ever seen—if it’s even one at all

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What Is ARFID? Doctors Explain Why the Eating...

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2025/11/05

Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, or ARFID, can cause malnutrition and weight loss in children and adults even when body image is not a factor

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The Psychology Behind Standing Up and Saying No

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2025/11/05

Why saying no is harder than it should be.

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Gene Editing Helped One Baby—Could It Help Thousands?

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2025/11/04

In a world first, a bespoke gene-editing therapy benefited one child. Now researchers plan to launch a clinical trial of the approach

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The Taurid Meteor Shower May Hide an Impact Threat to...

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2025/11/03

Debris from Comet Encke creates two annual meteor showers, but it might also pose a small risk to Earth. Scientists are investigating

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Why Hurricane Melissa Was One of the Most Powerful...

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2025/11/03

Hurricane Melissa’s rare intensity and lasting impact reveal how storms are evolving in a warming world.

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Measles Elimination Status Threatened in U.S. and Canada

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2025/11/03

A meeting of the Pan AmericanHealthOrganization this week will address the resurgence of measles in the Americas

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Orcas Repeatedly Attack Young Great White Sharks,...

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2025/11/03

An orca pod has been spotted for the first time repeatedly targeting and flipping young great white sharks onto their backs to paralyze and dismember them

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Can AI Music Ever Feel Human? The Answer Goes beyond...

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2025/11/02

A personal experiment with the artificial intelligence music platform Suno’s latest model echoes a new preprint study. Most listeners can’t tell AI music from the real thing, but emotional resonance still demands a human story

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COVID During Pregnancy May Raise Autism Risk, Study...

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2025/11/01

A new study adds to the evidence that viral infections during pregnancy might contribute to a child’s likelihood of having autism

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