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First Observation of One-in-10-Billion Particle Decay Hints at Hidden Physics Physicists have detected a long-sought particle process that may suggest new forces and particles exist in the universe

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A One-in-10-Billion Particle Decay Hints at Hidden Physics

Physicists have detected a long-sought particle process that may suggest new forces and particles exist in the universe

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Why Appalachia Flooded So Severely from Helene’s Remnants Inland flooding from tropical cyclones, even at high altitudes, is a major worry—and one that scientists don’t know enough about

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Why Appalachia Flooded So Severely from Helene’s Remnants

Inland flooding from tropical cyclones, even at high altitudes, is a major worry—and one that scientists don’t know enough about

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Evidence of ‘Negative Time’ Found in Quantum Physics Experiment Physicists showed that photons can seem to exit a material before entering it, revealing observational evidence of negative time

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Evidence of ‘Negative Time’ Found in Quantum Physics Experiment

Physicists showed that photons can seem to exit a material before entering it, revealing observational evidence of negative time

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Combating Misinformation Runs Deeper Than Swatting Away ‘Fake News’ “Fake news”-style misinformation is only a fraction of what deceives voters. Fighting misinformation will require holding political elites and mainstream media accountable

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Combating Misinformation Runs Deeper Than Swatting Away ‘Fake News’

“Fake news”-style misinformation is only a fraction of what deceives voters. Fighting misinformation will require holding political elites and ...

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Penicillin Musical Plays at U.N. Meeting on Antibiotic Resistance The musical Lifeline tells the story of Sir Alexander Fleming’s discovery of antibiotics, as these revolutionary drugs continue to lose their efficacy

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Penicillin Musical Plays at U.N. Meeting on Antibiotic Resistance

The musical Lifeline tells the story of Sir Alexander Fleming’s discovery of antibiotics, as these revolutionary drugs continue to lose their eff...

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How Your Brain Detects Patterns without Conscious Thought Neurons in certain brain areas integrate ‘what’ and ‘when’ information to discern hidden order in events happening in real time

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How Your Brain Detects Patterns without Conscious Thought

Neurons in certain brain areas integrate ‘what’ and ‘when’ information to discern hidden order in events happening in real time

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Rare Diagnoses Change People’s Perception of Medical Risk How experiencing an unusual health issue can alter a person’s understanding of “rare”

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Rare Diagnoses Change People’s Perception of Medical Risk

How experiencing an unusual health issue can alter a person’s understanding of “rare”

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Breaking Down What Math Really Is with Drag Queen Kyne Santos Mathematics communicator and drag queen Kyne Santos guides you through the ongoing debate about what math really is.

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Where Does Math Come From?

Mathematics communicator and drag queen Kyne Santos guides you through the ongoing debate about what math really is.

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Medical Sleuthing Identified the Dangers of Thalidomide FDA medical examiner Frances Oldham wanted data that would show that thalidomide was safe to use during pregnancy. It wasn’t

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Medical Sleuthing Identified the Dangers of Thalidomide

FDA medical examiner Frances Oldham wanted data that would show that thalidomide was safe to use during pregnancy. It wasn’t

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These Bizarre Fish Walk on Six Legs and Taste the Location of Buried Prey A species of legged fish uses taste receptors to search for hidden prey, providing an ideal window for scientists to study the emergence of new evolutionary traits

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These Bizarre Fish Walk on Six Legs and Taste the Location of Buried Prey

A species of legged fish uses taste receptors to search for hidden prey, providing an ideal window for scientists to study the emergence of new evo...

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How Polio Entered Gaza, and How the Vaccination Campaign is Going Flawed implementation of a global eradication strategy brought poliovirus to Gaza, and wartime conditions let the infection spread

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How Polio Entered Gaza, and How the Vaccination Campaign is Going

Flawed implementation of a global eradication strategy brought poliovirus to Gaza, and wartime conditions let the infection spread

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What Really Happened at the Pentagon’s Once-Hidden UFO Office? An office in the Pentagon investigated UFOs—and the paranormal—over a decade ago, segueing into a long saga leading to Congressional hearings and breathless news stories today. But the real story looks more like former defense officials pushing their personal mythology, rather than any cover-up of aliens

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What Really Happened at the Pentagon’s Once-Hidden UFO Office?

An office in the Pentagon investigated UFOs—and the paranormal—over a decade ago, segueing into a long saga leading to Congressional hearings a...

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Hurricane Helene Will Bring Strong Winds, Flash Flooding and Storm Surge Hurricane Helene is a large storm set to bring substantial storm surge to the coast of Florida, as well as wind and rain-driven flooding up into Tennessee and South Carolina

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What Makes Category 4 Hurricane Helene Such a Dangerous Storm?

Category 4 Hurricane Helene is a large storm set to bring substantial storm surge to the coast of Florida, as well as wind and rain-driven flooding...

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Quantum Entanglement in Quarks Observed for the First Time Physicists report the first observations of quantum entanglement in quarks, the heaviest known fundamental particles, inside the Large Hadron Collider

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‘Spooky Action at a Distance’ Observed in Quarks for the First Time

Physicists report the first observations of quantum entanglement in top and anti-top quarks, the heaviest known fundamental particles and their ant...

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Why So Many Kids Still Die in Hot Cars Every Year Cases of deadly heatstroke of children in cars have remained stubbornly persistent—here’s why they happen and how we can prevent them

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Children Keep Dying in Hot Cars. Here’s What Needs to Change

Cases of deadly heatstroke of children in cars have remained stubbornly persistent—here’s why they happen and how we can prevent them

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Scientist Nuke an Asteroid in a Lab Mock-Up Experiment shows that a nuclear explosion could save the planet from a deadly asteroid impact

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Scientists Nuke an Asteroid in a Lab Mock-Up

Experiment shows that a nuclear explosion could save the planet from a deadly asteroid impact

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Why Chemistry, Physics and Medicine Nobel Prizes can be Shared, and How That Works Joint Nobel laureates aren’t necessarily direct scientific collaborators, and the prize money isn’t always split evenly

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How Does Sharing a Nobel Prize Work?

Joint Nobel laureates aren’t necessarily direct scientific collaborators, and the prize money isn’t always split evenly

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Why Chemistry, Physics and Medicine Nobel Prizes can be Shared, and How That Works Joint Nobel laureates aren’t necessarily direct scientific collaborators, and the prize money isn’t always split evenly

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How Does Sharing a Nobel Prize Work?

Joint Nobel laureates aren’t necessarily direct scientific collaborators, and the prize money isn’t always split evenly

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Why Chemistry, Physics and Medicine Nobel Prizes can be Shared, and How That Works Joint Nobel laureates aren’t necessarily direct scientific collaborators, and the prize money isn’t always split evenly

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How Does Sharing a Nobel Prize Work?

Joint Nobel laureates aren’t necessarily direct scientific collaborators, and the prize money isn’t always split evenly

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How Many Dinosaur Species Roamed Earth? It’s Surprisingly Hard to Know The incompleteness of the fossil record complicates efforts to figure out how life on Earth is faring today

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You Won’t Believe How Hard It Is to Answer This Basic Question about Prehistoric Life

The incompleteness of the fossil record complicates efforts to figure out how life on Earth is faring today