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How to Spot Leonard, the Brightest Comet of the Year

Views of Leonard with the unaided eye are a distinct possibility, as the “ultrafast” comet makes a brief trip through the inner solar system.

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Most Dog Breeds Are Super Inbred, Study Finds

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One in 44 U.S. Children Are Being Diagnosed With Autism, CDC Finds

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Siberian Cave Yields Oldest Fossils Belonging to Enigmatic Human Species

A batch of archaeological evidence is now the first to be confidently linked to the extinct Denisovans.

Space

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How to Spot Leonard, the Brightest Comet of the Year

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NASA Picks Blue Origin and Two Others to Design New Space Stations

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Saga of Tiny Drill Hole in the ISS Continues as Russia Sends Investigation to Police

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Astronomers Spot Two Supermassive Black Holes on a Collision Course

Health

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One in 44 U.S. Children Are Being Diagnosed With Autism, CDC Finds

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A Man Grew a Tooth in His Nose

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Scientists Made a Map of the Nasty Diseases Ticks Can Give You

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First Case of Omicron Variant Detected in the U.S.

Archaeology

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Clothes From 8,000 Years Ago Were Made From Trees, New Research Suggests

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Intact Maya Canoe Found in Underwater Mexican Cave

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Archaeologists Cast Doubt on ‘Oldest’ Evidence of Humans in the Americas

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Rare Roman Statues Found Beneath Medieval Church in England

Physics

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Physicists Finally Observe an Exotic State of Matter First Predicted in 1973

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Physicists Detect Neutrinos for First Time Using Large Hadron Collider

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The Helium in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons Could Power Some Sweet Science

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What We Will Never Know

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Paleontology

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Paleontologists Hit a Dinosaur Jackpot in Italy

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Mammoth Tusk Found at the Bottom of Pacific Ocean Stuns Scientists

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Stunning Trove of Jurassic Fossils Is Earliest Evidence of Herd Behavior in Dinosaurs

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16-Million-Year-Old Tardigrade Found Preserved in Amber

Animals

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Most Dog Breeds Are Super Inbred, Study Finds

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Flesh-Eating Bees Renounced Pollen for Rotting Meat

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Octopuses, Crabs, and Lobsters are Sentient Beings, Says Updated UK Law

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Squished Monkey Balls Win 2021 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

Anthropology

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Siberian Cave Yields Oldest Fossils Belonging to Enigmatic Human Species

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Child Skull of Enigmatic Ancient Human Found in South African Cave

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Humanity's Ancestor Could Get a New Name: 'Homo Bodoensis'

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Ice Age Human Jawbone Found on Indonesian Island Known for Ancient Cave Art

History

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108-Year-Old Calculations by Einstein Sell for $15 Million at Auction

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Famous Viking Map of North America Is Totally Fake

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Rare, Early Version of the King Arthur Legend Translated by Researchers

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Navy Ship Sunk in Historic World War II Battle Is Now the Deepest Explored Wreck

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

How an Artificial Superintelligence Might Actually Destroy Humanity

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Artificial Intelligence

How AI Could Upgrade Brain Stimulation Therapies

Thor Benson

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Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Human Genomes Could Help Overcome Research Privacy Concerns

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Artificial Intelligence

Developing Algorithms That Might One Day Be Used Against You

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Conservation

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After Dune, You’ll Never Think About Water the Same Way Again

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A 'Lost' 125,000-Year-Old Mangrove Forest Is Thriving in Mexico

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The UK’s New Animal Welfare Plan Is Both Very Good and Not Nearly Enough

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Dogs and Dingoes Are Not Boning

Dream Experiment

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Dream Experiment

How a Periodic Table of Brains Could Revolutionize Neuroscience

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

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Dream Experiment

A Lifelong Biodome Experiment Could Reveal How the Immune System Shapes Personality

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Dream Experiment

Why a Mission to a Visiting Interstellar Object Could Be Our Best Bet for Finding Aliens

Dream Experiment

We Could Solve the Mysteries of Time and Space—If We Had a Particle Accelerator the Size of the Solar System

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Earth Science

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Science Publisher Retracts 44 Papers for Being Utter Nonsense

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We're Worried About the Wrong Volcanoes

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Massive Tsunami From Dino-Killing Asteroid Carved ‘Megaripples’ Into the Ocean Floor

Genetics

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The Genetics Behind Bees' Black and Yellow Butts

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Adorable, Highly Inbred Land Parrots Are Somehow Genetically Thriving

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Evolution Deniers Are Finally a Minority in the U.S.

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Yellow Dog Coats Came From an Ancient Canid That Split From Wolves Millions of Years Ago

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