Chlamydia-related bacteria discovered deep below the Arctic Ocean

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Uncovering The CIA’s Audacious Operation That Gave Them Access To State Secrets

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The Mediterranean nearly dried up. A cataclysmic flood revived it.

Lettuce grown on the ISS is as nutritious as Earth harvests, scientists find

Scientists monitored brains replaying memories in real time

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Unexpected discovery: Blue-green algae produce oil

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Virginia Middle School Student Earns Honor of Naming NASA’s Next Mars Rover

This little self-driving boat is changing the way we search for shipwrecks

Vaccines without needles – new shelf-stable film could revolutionize how medicines are distributed worldwide

How Renaissance Artisans Turned Live Animals into Silver

The invisible city: how a homeless man built a life underground

Photos: Tornado Damage in Tennessee

New projects broaden the search for alien signals from space

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Scientists Chase Snowflakes During the Warmest Winter Ever

The Rich Are Preparing for Coronavirus Differently

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The golden age of neutron-star physics has arrived

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The History of the URL

Why superheroes are the shape of tech things to come

Inside Elon Musk’s plan to build one Starship a week—and settle Mars

Polygamy is about to be decriminalised in Utah. Is it good news for women?

The psychology of panic buying

The core memory inside a Saturn V rocket’s computer

“This Artwork Does Not Exist” appears to be algorithmically generated art based on deep learning. Refresh page for new image.

There’s New Evidence on the Benefits of Sun Exposure

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NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Snaps Its Highest-Resolution Panorama Yet

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Gallery: Circumzenithal arcs, also known as upside-down rainbows

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By transmitting commands through the surface of a table researchers have successfully attacked voice-activated assistants without detection

How Pandemics Change History

The Long, Winding History of Rock Paper Scissors

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The Great Wall Street Housing Grab

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