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Friday, December 20Now that the evening sky is Moon-free, it’s time to aim for f...
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In the more than sixty years where scientists have engaged in the Search for Ext...
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The discovery that other vertebrates have healthy microbial brains is fueling qu...
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Short sleepers cruise by on four to six hours a night and don’t seem to suffer i...
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The shells of the hawksbill sea turtle have been used for luxury items for centu...
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The cute creatures are chatty, family oriented—and facing a shrinking habitat in...
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On Tetiaroa, a vibrant coral atoll dotted with sandy islets, archaeologists, mar...
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Geomorphologist and veteran climber Ludovic Ravanel is learning how Mont Blanc i...
A perfect confluence of an Arctic air outbreak and a low-pressure system that pu...
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People hoping that progress on climate action will accelerate like sudden change...
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A technique called “test-time compute” can improve how AI responds to some hard ...