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Every AI Breakthrough Shifts the Goalposts of...

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2025/11/20

As AI systems exceed one benchmark after another, our standards for “humanlike intelligence” keep evolving

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RFK, Jr., Releases Report Attacking Medical Care for...

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2025/11/19

A new report from the HHS that is critical of gender-affirming care for minors updates a similar, widely criticized report in May

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RFK, Jr., Says Peanut Allergies May Be Tied to...

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2025/11/19

Strong evidence suggests that food allergies are caused by a lack of exposure to food allergens—not by exposure to toxins

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NASA’s New Images Reveal Best Look Yet at...

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2025/11/19

NASA spacecraft across the inner solar system captured new views of Comet 3I/ATLAS—the third known interstellar object

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Kissing May Have Evolved 21.5 Million Years Ago in...

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2025/11/19

Humans and their ancestors have likely been kissing for a very long time

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Massive Study Debunks One of RFK Jr’s Biggest Claims...

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2025/11/19

Researchers tracked thousands of Americans for decades, finding no links between ingesting recommended levels of fluoride and lower cognitive skills

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The James Webb Telescope May Have Seen the First...

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2025/11/19

Although these findings from JWST are yet to be confirmed, they mark the closest astronomers have come to locating the universe’s most ancient stars

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Epstein Files Spark Harvard Investigation into Larry...

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2025/11/19

E-mails between Larry Summers and the now deceased financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein from 2018 and 2019 have raised questions about a relationship Summers pursued with a student

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Investigators Think They’ve Solved the Mystery of the...

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2025/11/19

A tiny, misplaced label may have slowly loosened a critical wire on the ship that hit Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, eventually causing a catastrophic failure

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After Spectacular Auroras, What to Know about the Sun...

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2025/11/19

The sun’s current 11-year activity cycle has already peaked—but extreme outbursts from our star may still be in store

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How Safe Is Melatonin, and How Does the Sleep Aid...

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2025/11/19

Melatonin supplements have become a ubiquitous sleep aid, but research shows that benefits are modest, and the heart health effects of long-term use are unknown

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These Birds Learned to Tweet Like R2-D2. Listen to...

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2025/11/19

The lovable Star Wars droid is helping to shed light on why some bird species are better at mimicking sounds than others

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Gut Health Tips for Thanksgiving and Holiday Stress

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2025/11/19

As holiday feasts and stress approach, an expert explains how to keep your gut healthy without skipping the stuffing.

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Five Essential Books on Plastic, Power, and Pollution

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2025/11/18

If you enjoyed Beth Gardiner’s feature about big oil’s bet on plastics, here are more books curated by Scientific American

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How Is Botulism Getting into Baby Formula? Here’s How...

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2025/11/18

In recent weeks, dozens of infants in the U.S. have been infected with botulism in an outbreak linked to ByHeart powdered infant formula

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Can AI ‘Griefbots’ Help Us Heal?

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2025/11/18

What can AI “griefbots” do for those in mourning?

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Can We Find Cleaner Ways to Extract Rare Earth Elements?

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2025/11/18

These valuable but difficult-to-extract metals are increasingly important to modern life

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Why a Little Heartbeat Irregularity Can Be Good for You

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2025/11/18

Milliseconds of variability, now detected by fitness watches, can improve well-being

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Poem: ‘The Covert Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany’

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2025/11/18

Science in meter and verse

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Science Crossword: A Destructive Fix

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2025/11/18

Play this crossword inspired by the December 2025 issue of Scientific American

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