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Archaeologists See Ancient Teotihuacán With Aerial Mapping Tech
Isaac Schultz
Astronomers Find Massive Space ‘Cavity’ Possibly Left Behind by Explosion
Isaac Schultz
Comparing Covid-19 to the 'Spanish Flu' Just Shows How Badly We Screwed This One Up
Ed Cara
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Health
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Early Intervention to Reduce Autism Symptoms Shows Promise in Clinical Trial
A Mystery Outbreak of Salmonella Has Sickened People in 25 States
Comparing Covid-19 to the 'Spanish Flu' Just Shows How Badly We Screwed This One Up
Space
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Video Shows Inspiration4 Crew's First View Through SpaceX Glass Dome
Astronomers Find Massive Space ‘Cavity’ Possibly Left Behind by Explosion
NASA Chose a Really Sweet Spot to Land Its Upcoming Lunar Rover
Physics
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Scientists Found a Way to Print Full-Color Images Using Completely Transparent Ink
Amazing Airborne Microchips are the Tiniest Human-Built Objects to Take Flight
Engineers Cook 3D-Printed Chicken With Lasers
Animals
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Some Dinosaurs May Have Swung Their Tails to Walk
How Transparent, 'Vampire' Catfish May Travel Unseen Through the Amazon River
Own Two Cats? Scientists Need Your Help
Archaeology
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Archaeologists See Ancient Teotihuacán With Aerial Mapping Tech
Catastrophic Volcanic Eruption Prompted Construction of Ancient Maya Pyramid, Research Suggests
200,000-Year-Old Hand Art Found Near a Tibetan Hot Spring
Genetics
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Adorable, Highly Inbred Land Parrots Are Somehow Genetically Thriving
Evolution Deniers Are Finally a Minority in the U.S.
Yellow Dog Coats Came From an Ancient Canid That Split From Wolves Millions of Years Ago
Earth Science
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We're Worried About the Wrong Volcanoes
Massive Tsunami From Dino-Killing Asteroid Carved ‘Megaripples’ Into the Ocean Floor
Life Under Antarctica Is Surviving on Pulverized Rock
Artificial Intelligence
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How an Artificial Superintelligence Might Actually Destroy Humanity
How AI Could Upgrade Brain Stimulation Therapies
Artificial Human Genomes Could Help Overcome Research Privacy Concerns
Conservation
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The UK’s New Animal Welfare Plan Is Both Very Good and Not Nearly Enough
Dogs and Dingoes Are Not Boning
This ‘Map of Life’ Shows Where Undiscovered Species May Be Lurking
Extreme Field Work
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Lava Tube 'Astronauts' Are Preparing for Mars on a Hawaiian Volcano
Scientists Cook Hot Dogs in Lava From Iceland's Erupting Volcano
Social Hygiene
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How to Survive Social Media After You've Been Dumped
A Proposal for Healthier News Consumption Habits
VTubing Is More Than Just Livestreaming With Cute Anime Avatars
Bad Ideas Week
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Stop Using Dark Mode
How Transforming My Apartment Into an Indoor Farm Turned Into a Very Bad Idea
The Space Shuttle Was a Beautiful—but Terrible—Idea
Forever Week
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How Humanity Could Last Forever
Cryonics, Dakota the Dog, and the Hope of Forever
The Ouroboros, From Antiquity to AI
Pretty Scientific
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Scientists Find Over 300 'Huge' Viruses With Strange Abilities
'Puzzling' Virus Found in Brazil Has Genetic Material Not Seen in Anything Else
How Juno's Breathtaking Jupiter Images Are Made
Architecture
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MIT Confirms a Bridge Leonardo da Vinci Designed 500 Years Ago Was an Ancient Engineering Marvel
Moon Week
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This Moon Machete Didn't Turn Me Into an Astronaut, But It Did Murder My Boss's Weeds
The Weird Ways NASA Thought Moon Dust Might Kill Apollo Astronauts
Breathtaking Simulation Recreates Neil Armstrong’s View of the Apollo 11 Landing
Dream Experiment
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How a Periodic Table of Brains Could Revolutionize Neuroscience
A Lifelong Biodome Experiment Could Reveal How the Immune System Shapes Personality
Why a Mission to a Visiting Interstellar Object Could Be Our Best Bet for Finding Aliens
Death Week
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How Mold Kills
The Psychology of Faking Your Own Death
The Many Ways Lightning Can Kill You
Memory Week
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How Quantum Memory Could Change Computing
Let's Make the World Wide Web a National Monument
My Grudge Against Iomega and the Click of Death
From the Lab
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What Scientists Can Learn From New York City's Freakiest Residents
How a Superheroic Breed of Coral Could Help Save the Reefs
How Water Tanks on a Mexican Volcano Will Solve the Universe’s Mysteries
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