Fair weather often seems to play hard-to-get on warm season weekends. During the work week, we toil under buzzing fluorescent tubes, teased by the orgy of photons just beyond the windows. But when the weekend arrives, too often it seems to bring gray, drizzly skies with it, ruining countless outdoor plans. Well, this phenomenon is […]

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The quirky biology of naked mole rats, and how their true nature was "predicted" before its eventual discovery.

The bald, subterranean rats are the world's longest-lived rodent.

Before the Spanish study, some scientists had been sceptical about the mammals attacking migratory birds

Anthropic research on data-poisoning attacks in large language models

The method involves stitching together many thin “slices” of light reflecting off an object.

Astronomers find a nearly metal-free star in our own back yard, which tells us a few interesting things about early star formation.

The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans

It turns out that a gene called LTR5Hs activates a gene that affects the growth of an embryo and the proliferation of stem cells.

Imagine a winter without Emergen-C and Kleenex.

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Not-so-fun fact: our oceans hold 150 times more carbon dioxide than the Earth's atmosphere. Adding to that causes ocean acidification, which can disrupt marine food chains and reduce biodiversity.

Learn the surprising reasons why Earth has grown darker over the last 20 years, which include volcanoes, clouds, and cleaner air.

How a lost copy of the Declaration of Independence unlocked a historical mystery

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His stepfather was a serious criminal. His uncle was one of the Brink’s-Mat heist gang. McAvoy followed them into crime – and into prison. Then one day in the gym he discovered the talent, drive, supp...

On October 1st 1890, William B. Coley, a young bone surgeon barely two years out of medical school, saw one of his first patients in private practice at

100 years ago, this unlikely duo discovered the first cancer ‘germ.’

The 15th-century scholar who upset the Korean aristocracy by creating a native script for the Korean language, and thus wean it off Chinese characters.

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The death of competition spells doom for regulation. Competition is an essential component of effective regulation, for two reasons: First, competition keeps the companies within a sector from all …

Workers with ropes could make the moai “walk” in zig-zag motion along roads tailor-made for the purpose.