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The Titan Submersible’s Carbon Fiber Was Supposed to Make History. Tragically, It Did.

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All About Math

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Mathematicians Gave a Billiard Ball a Brain—and It Led to Something Unbelievable

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A Wonder Clock Has Rocked the Scientific World

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Machines About to Tackle Fermat’s Last Theorem

By Caroline Delbert

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Can AI Help Solve Math’s Thorniest Mysteries?

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The History of Pi

By David Grossman

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Could Freezing Your Brain Help You Live Forever?

By Ashley Stimpson

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The CIA’s Secret Plan to Use Mind Control

By Kimberly Hickok

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The Universe Could Be Eternal, This Theory Says

By Stav Dimitropoulos

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Immortality Is Impossible Until We Beat Physics

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Animals

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Can Cloning Bring This Ferret Back from the Brink?

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Scientists Are Building a Noah’s Ark for Corals

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A New Study Unveils ‘Twisters’ Inside Egg Cells

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What To Do When Your Pet Octopus Has 50 Hatchlings

Archaeology

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Archeologists Unearth a 12-Sided Roman Mystery

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Lost Villa of Rome’s Augustus Potentially Found

old skull and crossbones on an abandoned grave in brussels

‘Zombie’ Grave Discovered

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Dentists Discovers Ancient Jawbone in Tile Floor

Earth

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This 'Cage of Cages' Stores CO2 Faster Than Trees

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5 Hydrothermal Vents Have Appeared in the Ocean

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Earth’s Magnetic Field Is 3.7 Billion Years Old

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Covering Fields in Concrete Could be a Good Thing

Our Robotic Future

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This Tiny Jumping Robot Can Right Itself Mid-Leap

By Manasee Wagh

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Scientists Turn Dead Spiders Into Creepy Grippers

By Manasee Wagh

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11 Weird Robots That Will Change How We Live

By Manasee Wagh

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Dyson’s New Robot Will Clean Up Your House For You

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Energy

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Korea’s Artificial Sun Shattered a Fusion Record

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8 Ways to Power Your Home With Renewable Energy

By Avery Thompson and Joseph Truini

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Scientists May Have Tamed Fusion’s #1 Nemesis

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Is the Room-Temperature Superconductor Back?

By Paul M. Sutter

Green Tech

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Here’s How We Could Live in Trees

By Stav Dimitropoulos

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You Can Give Your Body Back to Nature When You Die

By Caroline Delbert

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This Giant Sand Battery Could Revolutionize Energy

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We’re Officially in the Age of Solar Power

Health

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This Patient Had a COVID Infection for Two Years

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Training Puts Soldiers Insides Under Siege

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Company Pauses Gene-Editing Due to Side Effects

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Our Brains Are Getting Bigger...And That's Good

Physics

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How a Lunar Supercollider Could Upend Physics

By Caroline Delbert

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Is Consciousness Everywhere All at Once?

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One Particle Could Shatter Our Concept of Reality

By Paul M. Sutter

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Do Black Holes Die?

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More Science

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Henrietta Lacks Never Asked to Be Immortal

By Michael Natale

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CERN Approves Project for Finding Hidden Particles

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The Place Where Time Moves 9% Slower for Humans

By Caroline Delbert

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Experts Find Missing Piece of Ramesses II Statue

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Ancient Monuments May Be Pathways for the Dead

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Scientists Are Finally About to Weigh a Neutrino.

By Caroline Delbert

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Two Methods to Contain Nuclear Plasma

By Caroline Delbert

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The Mystery of Sand in an Hourglass

By Caroline Delbert

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Excavation Shows Skeleton Bathed in Medieval Coins

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Gravity Might Reverse—or Undo—the Big Bang

By Caroline Delbert

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Bottled Cherries Found in George Washington Cellar

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A New Theory Says Dark Matter Shaped the Universe

By Caroline Delbert

the alexander mosaic is a roman floor mosaic originally from the house of the faun in pompeii an alleged imitation of a philoxenus of eretria or apelles' painting that dates from circa 100 bc

Alexander the Great Portrait Has Dazzled Experts

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This Star Explodes Every 80 Years. And Survives.

By Caroline Delbert

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Does This Evidence Proves Life is a Simulation?

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The Maya Kingdom Collapsed Due to Burning Events

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Pluto’s Heart—Now in 4D

By Caroline Delbert

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‘Unprecedented’ Ancient Structure Found in France

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The Overlooked, Powerful Role of Inorganic Carbon

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The Moon Could Solve the Mystery of Stonehenge

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Scientist Says AI Could Kill Us in About 200 Years

By Caroline Delbert

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Pyrite Isn’t Looking So Foolish in the Lithium Age

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Experts Confirm the Existence of Wigner Crystals

By Caroline Delbert

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Is This the Real Iceberg That Sank the Titanic?