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Re-creating live-animal markets in the lab lets researchers see how pathogens like coronavirus jump species

A Brief History of the Calorie

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After summiting the tallest mountains on each of the seven continents and skiing both poles, Victor Vescovo ventured to the bottom of all five oceans

A Code-Obsessed Novelist Builds a Writing Bot. The Plot Thickens

A new implant for blind people jacks directly into the brain

Ancient skeleton discovered in underwater cave in Mexico

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A 2020 Retrospective on the History of Work

In Norway, way up by the Arctic circle, global warming is already affecting people and nature. Here’s how.

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In Food Safety Regulations, a Surprising Paucity of Research

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Astronomers discover unusual monster galaxy in the very early universe

World’s biggest iceberg makes a run for it

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Charles Dickens: newly discovered documents reveal truth about his death and burial

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On the Trail of Hollywood’s Stolen Oscars

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Nighttime Camera Catches Coyote and Badger in Absolute Cahoots

Beneath the Arctic’s Sea Ice, Robots Are Illuminating a Mysterious World

Jackass penguin call shares traits of human speech, scientists say

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An algorithm that can spot cause and effect could supercharge medical AI

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Day Two at Yalta, the Conference That Shaped the World: When Churchill Quoted Marx to Stalin

The Edison of the Slot Machines

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Jim Crow laws created ‘slavery by another name’

Our Home Supercluster, Laniakea, Is Dissolving Before Our Eyes

New quantum switch turns metals into insulators

Permafrost Is Thawing So Fast, It’s Gouging Holes in the Arctic

Yarn grown from human skin cells could be knitted into your body