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Human Brains Have Been Shrinking for Millennia — But We Got Smarter
Human brains are shrinking — and we may actually be getting smarter because of it.…
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Musk’s OpenAI Lawsuit Tells a Very Different Story About Its Origins
What happens when two of the world’s most powerful tech billionaires — once allies, now bitter rivals — take their…
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History
Arthurian Legend Gets a Major Rethinking Across Two Centuries of Storytelling
Fifty-seven chapters. Approximately 1,500 pages. Two volumes spanning more than a thousand years of storytelling.…
Environment
Scientists Finally Filmed a Living Colossal Squid and It Changes Everything We Thought We Knew
For a hundred years, scientists knew the colossal squid existed mostly through what it left…
Environment
Asteroids Could Kill GPS Before One Ever Hits the Ground
Imagine waking up one morning to find your GPS has gone dark, your weather app…
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World’s Longest Wild Python Found — and Its Record Comes With a Warning
A wild female reticulated python measuring 23 feet 8 inches — or 7.22 meters —…
Environment
A Startup Is Burying a Nuclear Reactor 6,000 Feet Underground in Kansas
What if the safest place to put a nuclear reactor wasn’t behind reinforced concrete walls…
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Jumbo Recalls Frozen Green Beans After Customers Find Dead Mice Inside
Finding a dead mouse in a bag of frozen green beans is not something any…
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Antarctica Lost Its Sea Ice Suddenly — And Scientists Just Found the Cause
For decades, Antarctica’s sea ice behaved in a way that puzzled scientists and, frankly, gave…
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How Losing Normandy in 1204 Quietly Transformed French Royal Power
When William the Conqueror seized England in 1066, he didn’t just claim its throne —…
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Environment
A 180-Million-Year-Old Rock in Morocco Has Scientists Rethinking Ancient Life
A rock face in Morocco’s Dadès Valley looks, at first glance, like crumpled leather —…
Environment
Two Young Planets Collided 11,000 Light-Years Away — And We Watched It Happen
Eleven thousand light-years away, two young worlds slammed into each other — and for the…
Environment
Tiny Crabs in Colombia’s Mangroves Are Turning Microplastics Into Something Worse
A crab barely longer than your thumb is doing something scientists did not fully expect:…
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How Judas Goats and Helicopters Saved the Galápagos Tortoises
More than 140,000 feral goats were removed from the Galápagos Islands between 1997 and 2006…
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Germany’s Rhine River Turbines Keep Running When Solar and Wind Cannot
What if the answer to renewable energy’s biggest weakness — the fact that the sun…
Environment
Einstein’s Bicycle Quote Came From a Letter — And the Real Message Goes Deeper
One of the most widely shared quotes on the internet traces back not to a…
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Blue Crab Larvae Are Being Eaten Alive — But Shallow Waters Change Everything
More than 97 percent of all predation on juvenile blue crabs in mid-salinity Chesapeake Bay…
Environment
Magma Ocean Planets Now Have Their Own Category And It Changes Everything
About 35 light years from Earth — roughly 206 trillion miles away — a planet…
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A Fossil Smaller Than a Fingernail Just Rewrote 40 Million Years of Mammal History
A tooth barely larger than a grain of sand is rewriting what scientists thought they…
Environment
This Artificial Leaf Runs on Sunlight Alone and Makes Fuel From CO2
The chemical industry is responsible for roughly 6% of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to…
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East Coast Forests Could Be Next as Trump Eyes the Roadless Rule
When most Americans picture a national forest, they see towering pines in the Pacific Northwest…
Environment
Frozen Mouse Brain Reactivated — And It’s Changing What We Know About Memory
What if the part of your brain responsible for memory could be frozen, stored at…