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Let’s learn about chocolate
cacao: The name of a tropical tree and of the tree’s seeds (from which chocolate is made). chemical: A substance…
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Truly autonomous AI is on the horizon
Researchers have developed a new AI algorithm, called Torque Clustering, that is much closer to natural intelligence than current methods.…
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Ancient cannibal tribe celebrated battle victory by eating enemies’ brains
Eating human brains might seem relegated to zombie flicks, but a new study found that European warriors did just that…
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Scientists Detect Shape-Shifting Along Earth’s Solid Inner Core
The inner core at the center of the Earth, a ball of iron and nickel about 1,500 miles wide, may…
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A man volunteered to get brain implants for depression. Hear his story
Meet Jon Nelson. He’s a dad, a husband, a coach and a professional who works in marketing. But underneath it…
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Astronomers catch black holes ‘cooking’ their own meals in bizarre, endless feeding cycle
Black holes’ ravenous, incessant feeding is fueled partly by the powerful jets of gas these gluttonous monsters blast into space,…
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Susan F. Wood, Who Quit F.D.A. Over Contraception Pill Delay, Dies at 66
Susan F. Wood, a women’s health expert who resigned in protest from the Food and Drug Administration in 2005, accusing…
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3 Queens Zoo birds dead from virus, 12 at Bronx Zoo being tested
Bird flu has hit the zoo. Over a dozen ducks and wild birds at the Queens and Bronx zoos have…
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Astronomers unsure what caused ‘weird explosion’ seen by Einstein Probe’s X-ray eye
Astronomers are trying to understand a mysterious cosmic explosion that the Einstein Probe spacecraft spotted in April last year. The…
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Readers discuss an unsung scientist, a mutant bacterium named Chonkus, Science News’ new look
Life of the party Margaret S. Collins, the first Black female entomologist in the United States to earn a Ph.D.,…
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