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The Thrill of Defeat

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AI learns multi-player video game – and smashes it

In Turkey, Keeping a Language of Whistles Alive

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These Mole Rats Felt No Pain, Even From Wasabi’s Burn

‘My Grandfather’s Secret D-Day Journal’

How the Plague Reshaped the World

New electrochemical process could significantly improve the economics of capturing CO2 directly from the air

The Warship That Couldn’t Stay Afloat

When Is Dead Actually Dead?

Dirt, disease and the Inspector of Nuisances

The ticket to 100% renewable power is underneath our feet

The Hybrid System That Spots Tornadoes

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‘World’s smallest’ surviving premature baby released from US hospital

The unlikely origins of USB, the port that changed everything

The psychology of Ouija

The North Face apologizes for “hack” that hijacked Wikipedia images for a covert ad campaign

Doctors Were Alarmed: ‘Would I Have My Children Have Surgery Here?’

Ancient DNA Yields Snapshots of Vanished Ecosystems

Why astronomers are worried that SpaceX’s satellite network will pollute the night sky

Nobody taught Betty Bloomerz how to swallow a sword. She just figured it out — one inch at a time.

The Anthropocene epoch: have we entered a new phase of planetary history?

The Moon That Got Away

Scientists Are Stuck on the Mystery of Tape

Tornado Damage: 13 Days of Devastation in Photos

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159 murdered birds: Here’s how wildlife crime sleuths solved one of California’s most baffling poaching cases

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In a first, scientists took the temperature of a sonic black hole

Two Female Monkeys Went to Space 60 Years Ago. One Became the Poster Child for Astronaut Masculinity

Why Does the Letter ‘S’ Look Like an ‘F’ in Old Manuscripts?

Close encounter with alien star could explain ’Oumuamua, debunk Planet Nine

Advertising as a major source of human dissatisfaction: Cross-national evidence on one million Europeans

Chaos, hope, change: stories from 70 years of the People’s Republic of China

‘I wash all my food like crazy’: scientists voice concern about nanoparticles

The curious origins of the dollar symbol

The ‘Forbidden’ planet has been found in the ‘Neptunian Desert’

What’s the Magic Behind Graphene’s ‘Magic’ Angle?

The Secret to This Brazilian Coffee? Ants Harvest the Beans

The Secret to Soap Bubbles’ Iridescent Rainbows

18 Earth-size planets found in our galaxy—all hiding in plain sight

30 Years After Tiananmen, a Chinese Military Insider Warns: Never Forget

Curiosity Gazes Upon Noctilucent Clouds Over Gale Crater

Large cities may create their own clouds

Scientists revisit the cold case of cold fusion

Photos: The Incredible Ice Formations of Lake Baikal

New Studies Increase Confidence in NASA’s Measure of Earth’s Temperature

Comet Inspires Chemistry for Making Breathable Oxygen on Mars

Scientists Discover The Loneliest, Most Isolated Galaxy In The Entire Universe

These scientists are setting a forest on fire — and studying it with drones

Instead of Money, This Portuguese ‘Bank’ Safeguards 27,000 Handpainted Tiles

Exploding stars led to humans walking on two legs, radical study suggests

The Mystery of the Disappearing Elephant-Seal Dialects

Opinion: ‘UFOs exist and everyone needs to adjust to that fact’

Robocrop: world’s first raspberry-picking robot set to work

The Philosophy Behind the First American Dictionary