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From tiny hamsters to giant salamanders, here are some of the most unusual examples of fatherhood across the animal kingdom
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Influencers and ultra-rich people looking to extend their lifespan are trading tips and tricks on how to eke out extra years
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People with “fearful” or “preoccupied” insecure attachment styles had more children, whereas securely attached people had fewer, according to a recent study
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The Trump administration wanted the surface of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to be “American flag blue.” A water-treatment expert explains why the pool is still algal green and why the bloom could keep coming back
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From booed hydration breaks to cooling-gel vests, teams are trying everything to keep their players from overheating. Physiologists—and one World Cup team doctor—say feeling cooler is different than cooling the body
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A new study captures how cork, wine and air interact over time
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Astronomers may have found the remains of two long-dead stellar siblings
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The operation opens the door to treating more people living with HIV who have end-stage organ disease
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A new method that detects whether bones have been burned reveals Homo erectus brought fires into caves far earlier than previous evidence had suggested
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The James Webb Space Telescope has found nearby brown dwarfs masquerading as far-distant galaxies. The discovery reinforces how, in astronomy, what you see isn’t always what you get
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The quest to approximate irrational numbers with fractions reveals hidden patterns, surprising hierarchies and enduring mathematical mysteries
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The ruins, located just five kilometers from Stonehenge, likely laid the groundwork for religious rites celebrating the longest and shortest days of the year
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This “extraordinary” event was likely caused by seismic waves bouncing off Earth’s core, researchers found
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Next summer, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will start sidling up to several asteroids near Jupiter. On its way there, it has studied another space rock up close
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The effort to pull some 900 ocean-monitoring buoys and sensors from the water drew backlash from scientists and lawmakers
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The partnership marks the latest foray in to space exploration for Relativity Space, which aims to build cheap, reusable rockets
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Even if you aren’t going to be within the path of totality, you can still watch the solar eclipse as it happens with Scientific American
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A cold, cherry blossom-hued exoplanet supports bizarre clouds chock-full of salts
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Construction of the Deep Synoptic Array is about to start in rural Nevada. It will reveal untold galaxies in stunning detail and help explain how they form and grow
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People are increasingly turning to AI for mental health support—but its design is “antithetical” to mental health care, experts say
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