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Smithsonian geologist Gabriela Farfan studies corals, gemstones and other minerals for clues to changing oceans and environments.
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In cancer patients, eating sugar while taking antibiotics may harm the gut microbiome. The findings, published last month in Nature, could help mitigate the risks of antibiotics.
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Computer simulation shows how a few rule breakers can shift group behavior.
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The next stage in quantum computing will be the “megaquop” regime. Getting there requires low errors, and large numbers of qubits.
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Meep meep! These snakes spin at high speeds to motor away from danger.
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Millions of years ago, an ancestral African ape was infected by a virus. Leftover viral DNA in the chimpanzee genome may be influencing the brain in a way not seen in humans.
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A levitating nanoparticle jiggled when hit by individual gas molecules in a nearly empty vacuum chamber.
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An up-close encounter with a beady-eyed jumping spider reveals hidden details, including its bedazzled pollen adornments. See this moment and more from the 2026 Nikon Small World competition.
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It’s been known for years that gas stoves release a pollutant, called nitrogen dioxide, that might worsen asthma symptoms.
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Celestial sleuths are using star positions, 19th century weather reports, and van Gogh’s own letters to figure out when the painter produced his most famous works.
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Anthropic says Claude helped a scientist plan potentially risky bird flu research, a case that highlights questions about AI’s growing role in biology.
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Does it matter if a synthetic voice actually sounds like you? People developing communication tools once thought of that as a nice add-on. Then they started giving people realistic clones of their own voices. They realized it wasn’t an add-on at all. That was the point.
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It’s one of the gentlest caresses imaginable: The touch of a single gas molecule. Now, scientists have measured its impact.
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Jules lost his voice to ALS. Then AI gave it back. “When I first heard my cloned voice, it felt like I reappeared.” What happened next changed more than how Jules communicated. It changed what he thought his life could still hold.
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The MMX sample definitely won’t substitute for true Martian material — but given that attempts to fetch Perseverance’s prized samples are in limbo, scientists are eager for even the indirect glimpse of Mars these rocks will offer.
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Anthropic’s Claude AI chatbot helped a scientist plan potentially risky bird flu experiments.
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A new study tests rule-breaking behavior, but absent consequences. That’s not how the real world works, researcher say.
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If you think cartwheeling requires arms and legs, think again.
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Was van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” a flight of fancy or a real sky?
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A quantum computer built by the company Quantinuum has error rates so low that it could perform a million operations with only about five errors.
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