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The planet Mercury is shrinking far faster than we thought
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August 2026 ties for hottest month ever recorded
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Mathematicians confront the AI apocalypse
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New maps reveal hidden landscapes inside a prehistoric supercontinent
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Astronomers reveal a new type of celestial object that has been hiding in plain sight for decades
It’s unclear what these objects actually are, but evidence for them has been detected by NASA’s Chandra space telescope for years
Scientists unlock new clues to what Denisovans, a mysterious ancient human ancestor, looked like
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Gray whales are washing up dead on the West Coast. The reason is alarming
Up and down the Pacific coast, dead gray whales are mysteriously washing ashore—and scientists think they know why
Fog may be hiding secret ecosystems
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The science of friendship and loneliness
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