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Why Aren’t All Comets as Bright as Comet Lemmon?

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2025/10/24

A comet’s brightness depends on how it’s made, how and when we see it, and even a bit of unpredictable luck

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The Dangerous Data Gap in Pregnancy Drug Research

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2025/10/24

Despite the widespread use of medication during pregnancy, a lack of clinical research leaves patients and doctors navigating treatment with dangerously few data.

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Hurricane Melissa Could Drop Two Feet of Rain on Jamaica

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2025/10/23

Melissa is currently a slow-moving tropical storm that is expected to rapidly intensify to a major hurricane—a brutal combination will drench Jamaica and other Caribbean islands

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Duck-Billed Dinosaur ‘Mummies’ Are Clay Molds Formed...

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2025/10/23

Wyoming’s “dinosaur mummies,” once thought to preserve fossilized flesh, are actually detailed clay molds formed by microbes as the creatures decayed

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The Rise of AI ‘Chatfishing’ in Online Dating Poses a...

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2025/10/23

Forget fake profile pics on dating apps—AI is now doing the talking, and we can’t tell the difference

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Which At-Home Remedies Actually Help When Sick with a...

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2025/10/23

Should you take vitamin C or zinc when you are sick with a common cold or influenza? Immunologist Zachary Rubin explains which at-home remedies actually help.

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What Medications Are Safe to Take While Pregnant?...

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2025/10/23

Less than 1 percent of clinical trials include pregnant or breastfeeding people. Experts say that needs to change

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NASA's Bet on SpaceX’s Starship May Give Moon Race to...

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2025/10/23

Former NASA officials warn that the U.S. looks poised to lose its self-declared race to beat China to the moon

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Static Electricity Helps Parasitic Nematodes Leap...

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2025/10/23

For microscopic worms, physical laws we seldom notice take on life-or-death importance

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How the CIA’s Kryptos Sculpture Gave Up Its Final Secret

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2025/10/22

Uncovering the CIA’s Kryptos puzzle took three parts math and one part sleuthing

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Google Measures ‘Quantum Echoes’ on Willow Quantum...

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2025/10/22

“Quantum echoes” rippling through Google’s quantum computer chip Willow could lead to advances in molecular chemistry and the physics of black holes

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Zoo Lunch Mishap Reveals Lizards’ Hidden Fire Detector

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2025/10/22

Australian “sleepy” lizards are not so sleepy when it comes to fire

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Earth’s Falling Reflectivity Means the Planet Is...

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2025/10/22

The planet’s brightness is dimming—changing rainfall, circulation and temperature

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How Word Choice and Effort Make Apologies Sound...

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2025/10/22

The words we choose when apologizing—especially longer, effortful ones—can signal sincerity and make our apologies feel more authentic.

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Retinal Implant Allows People with Blindness to Read...

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2025/10/21

An electronic retinal implant has improved vision in people with age-related macular degeneration—but it isn’t a full restoration, and it didn’t improve participants’ quality of life

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‘No Kings’ Protesters Reject Political Violence,...

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2025/10/20

Massive marches nationwide in the U.S. marked a turn against an increasing acceptance of political violence among protesters, report sociologists

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Storytelling Methods Alter How Memories Are Stored in...

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2025/10/20

Telling the same story in different ways can change the brain networks that the listener uses to form memories

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Study of Ultramarathon Runners Suggests There’s a...

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2025/10/20

A new study finds that even elite endurance athletes run up against a hard metabolic ceiling

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Cells Have a Crystal Trigger That Makes Them...

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2025/10/20

A special class of immune proteins protect us from pathogens but also drive inflammation and cell death

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WHO Reports Global Rise in Antibiotic Resistance and...

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2025/10/20

A new WHO report warns of rising antimicrobial resistance, and researchers uncover satellite data leaks and insect surprises.

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