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How the brain uses memory to imagine what might have been
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How AI helped bring an ancient tomb dating to before the Roman empire back to life
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Could a giant iceberg really break off Greenland? Scientists check Tom Cruise’s new movie Digger
In the movie, a giant iceberg from Greenland floats into the sea, imperiling millions—but is that even possible?
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This weird particle may have come from a black hole exploding in another dimension
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Can bioengineered bacteria help terraform Mars?
The nonprofit start-up Pioneer Labs claims to have made the first-ever “microbe for Mars.” Other experts aren’t so sure
How to see rainbows on exoplanets
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