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  • The origin of the chew: When did we learn to eat like this? #Science #Evolution #History

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    Oct 10, 2026

  • Navajo environmentalists were offered money to drop opposition to energy project #Environment #Indigenous #Energy

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    Oct 9, 2026

  • Isaias strengthens into Category 2 hurricane on collision course with the Gulf Coast #Science #Weather #Hurricane

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    Oct 9, 2026

  • Margaret Hamilton, whose software sent humans to the moon, dies at 90 #Science #Space #History

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    Oct 8, 2026

  • Study finds 194-year-old tortoise is 'aging more slowly than you would expect' #Science #Animals #Biology

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    Oct 8, 2026

  • 4 people on NASA's Crew-12 mission return to Earth after 8 months in space #Space #Science #Astronomy

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    Oct 8, 2026

  • Medical debt is crushing hospital patients in LA. Health officials may have a fix #Science #Health #Finance

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    Oct 8, 2026

  • How 'Musk' director Alex Gibney became a critic #Science #Documentary #Filmmaking

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    Oct 8, 2026

  • This surprising mammal fossil is giving scientists something to chew on #Science #Fossil #Mammal

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    Oct 7, 2026

  • Gut microbes followed migrating humans across continents, new study suggests #Science #Microbiome #Evolution

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    Oct 7, 2026

  • Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai win Nobel Prize in chemistry #Science #NobelPrize #Chemistry

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    Oct 7, 2026

  • The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics has gone to a neutrino detector in Antarctica #Science #Physics #NobelPrize

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    Oct 6, 2026

  • Warm ocean waters may have led to first known sea turtle nesting in California #Science #Ocean #Wildlife

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    Oct 6, 2026

  • Vietnamese police arrest 12 suspected of prowling city streets at night, snatching cats for meat #Crime #Animals #Asia

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    Oct 6, 2026

  • Francis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in physics for work on high-energy neutrinos from space #Science #Physics #NobelPrize

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    Oct 6, 2026

  • Wildfire smoke affects animals in unique ways. Scientists are trying to understand it #Science #Ecology #Wildlife

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    Oct 6, 2026

  • Nobel medicine prize goes to 3 scientists for research into brain activity #Science #Medicine #Research

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    Oct 5, 2026

  • Just short of its 200th birthday, a landmark natural history museum shuts down #Science #Museum #History

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    Oct 3, 2026

  • This week in science: Loud birds, eating with company, and asteroid samples #Science #Space #Nature

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    Oct 1, 2026

  • 'It's a nightmare.' Former refugee, professor on Trump's new Medicaid policy #Science #Health #Policy

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    Oct 1, 2026

  • Google launches Project Suncatcher, a step towards AI data centers in space #Science #AI #Space

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    Oct 1, 2026

  • New space station crew launches from Florida on SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule #Space #Science #Technology

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    Oct 1, 2026

  • A startup wants to build a massive nuclear-powered data center on public land in Utah #Science #NuclearEnergy #DataCenter

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    Sep 30, 2026

  • Drugs are widely used to sedate dementia patients. Her sons wanted to keep her off them #Science #Health #Dementia

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    Sep 30, 2026

  • Historic science museum in Philadelphia to close #Science #Museum #History

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    Sep 29, 2026

  • This year's MacArthur Fellows include researchers who fuse science and justice #Science #Research #Justice

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    Sep 29, 2026

  • Meet the 20 scholars and artists who've just won MacArthur Fellowships #Science #Awards #Genius

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    Sep 29, 2026

  • The Trump administration weakens fuel efficiency standards for new cars #Environment #Automotive #Policy

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    Sep 28, 2026

  • SpaceX's Starship launches on first orbital mission from Texas #Space #Science #Technology

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    Sep 28, 2026

  • How to limit the rat numbers? Train the humans #Science #Animals #PestControl

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    Sep 28, 2026

  • Smoke ecology studies what can be done to prevent harms from wildfire smoke #Science #Ecology #Wildfire

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    Sep 28, 2026

  • Mexico's Baja California braces for Hurricane Polo as Hurricane Nolo threatens Hawaii #Weather #Hurricanes #DisasterPrep

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    Sep 28, 2026

  • Scientists discover two new species of sea spiders along Canadian coastline #Science #Ocean #Discovery

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    Sep 27, 2026

  • We're looking for life on other planets. Are we ready to find it? #Science #Space #Astrobiology

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    Sep 27, 2026

  • A bird lover talks to host Ayesha Rascoe about her fear of birds #Science #Ornithology #Psychology

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    Sep 27, 2026

  • The hot spot: World Sauna Congress convenes in Oslo as global interest skyrockets #Sauna #Wellness #Travel

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    Sep 26, 2026

  • The Pacific is churning with hurricanes. The Atlantic is quiet. Blame El Niño #Science #Weather #ElNino

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    Sep 25, 2026

  • Years after storms, clean-up crews meticulously separate the sentimental from the wreckage #Science #Environment #DisasterRecovery

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