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Rising Temperatures Boost Sugar Consumption, Raising...

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2025/09/08

Warmer temperatures are associated with higher consumption of sugary beverages and frozen treats, raising concerns about long-term health effects

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Viruses in the Gut Protect Us and Change with Age and...

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2025/09/08

A new review study examines the “gut virome”: the microbiome’s mysterious viral population

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NASA’s InSight Lander Reveals Mars’s Lumpy Mantle in...

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2025/09/08

A common nasal spray shows promise in reducing COVID risk, but vaccine access remains tangled in policy in the U.S.

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Survey Results Show People Prefer More Human...

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2025/09/07

We surveyed people in the U.S. about artificial-intelligence-generated art. Their answers told us a lot about how we value human creativity

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Ant Queens Birth Hybrid Offspring Using Another...

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2025/09/07

Ant queens of one species are sexual parasites that clone ants of another species to create hybrid workers that do their bidding

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Scientists Sequence Bacterial DNA from Germs in...

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2025/09/06

Genetic-sequencing techniques have identified microorganisms that lived in the mouths of ancient mammoths

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Baby Pterosaur Fossils Show They Died in a Violent Storm

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2025/09/05

About 150 million years ago storm winds snapped bones in the wings of baby pterosaurs, sending them tumbling to their deaths in a muddy lagoon in what is now Germany

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Extreme Heat in U.S. Schools Disproportionately...

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2025/09/05

The first national study of its kind shows that children from marginalized communities are more exposed to extreme heat events

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This Gloriously Weird Fish Has Teeth on Its Forehead...

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2025/09/05

Researchers have finally traced the origin of the spotted ratfish’s bizarre forehead teeth, which are used for mating

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Newfound ‘Reality Signal’ Helps the Brain Tell...

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2025/09/05

Seeing and imagining use similar brain machinery. New research reveals the brain circuit that identifies what is real, which may help scientists understand conditions such as schizophrenia

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Gene Therapy Marks a Turning Point for Rare Skin...

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2025/09/05

Fresh treatments for rare skin diseases shift the focus from symptom management to repair and help children with such conditions live active lives

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Acne Vaccines Could Offer Robust Defense

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2025/09/05

Researchers are hoping to trick the immune system into fighting back against the bane of adolescents everywhere

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How the Math of Shuffling Cards Almost Brought Down...

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2025/09/05

Card dealers create a unique deck with each shuffle, something computers cannot replicate

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How Small, Easy Acts of Joy Improve Happiness and...

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2025/09/05

A community science project finds that modest reminders to find joy in the day can have benefits that are on par with those of more ambitious well-being interventions

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How Big Can a Black Hole Get?

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2025/09/05

Some black holes get extremely massive. Is there an upper limit to their growth?

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Inside the CDC’s Breakdown—Legal Battles, Staff...

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2025/09/05

With the CDC in disarray and its future uncertain, this episode explores what’s driving the exodus of agency staff and what this means for national health security.

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Senate Hearing with RFK, Jr., Sparks Backlash From...

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2025/09/04

On Thursday Senators grilled Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., about vaccines and turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health experts responded to Kennedy’s claims on social media in disbelief and anger

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What’s the Smallest Particle in the Universe?

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2025/09/04

The answer to this supposedly simple particle physics question isn’t so simple

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Hacking AI Agents—How Malicious Images and Pixel...

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2025/09/04

Artificial-intelligence agents—touted as AI’s next wave—could be vulnerable to malicious code hidden in innocent-looking images on your computer screen

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Bacteria in Spacecraft Clean Rooms Can Go Dormant,...

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2025/09/04

A type of bacteria found in clean rooms has an unexpected method of survival, with implications for planetary protection

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