Prepare for dangerous air pollution in the Northeast, thanks to Minnesota wildfires
Smoke from northern Minnesota and western Ontario wildfires is pouring over the Great Lakes, mid-Atlantic and…
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T. rex fossil named ‘Gus’ becomes the most expensive dinosaur sold at auction
This massive dinosaur skeleton sold for more than $50.1 million on Tuesday
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Did scientists just create synthetic life?
The SpudCell certainly resembles a living cell, but a key structure inside the cell falls short of the real thing
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ChatGPT just proved another 50-year-old math conjecture
What’s the secret to prompting an AI to solve math problems that have left humans stumped? Tell it to believe in itself
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Here's the deal with 'corn sweat'—it's not all actually corn's fault
Corn has taken the heat for recent Midwest summer humidity—unjustly, according to corn experts
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We finally know the name of a Maya mathematician
The signature of Sak Tahn Waax, or “White-Chested Fox,” was found inscribed in a 1,000-year-old chamber beneath…
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Why have there been so many record-breaking heat waves this summer?
Record-breaking heat waves are beginning to blur together—here’s why and what’s making them so unbearable
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Scientists overwhelmingly against rule change that would give political appointees say over science grants
Hundreds of thousands of scientists, including Nobel laureates, warn that changes to the way federal grants are…
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Scientists spot sugar in interstellar space for the first time ever
Erythrulose—a sugar found in raspberries—is also prevalent in a giant molecular cloud close to our galaxy’s core,…
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Mathematicians still don’t know the fastest way to multiply numbers
A 23-year-old student overturned an ancient conjecture about one of math’s simplest operations
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Scientists catch bacteria sharing proteins to survive antibiotics
Bacteria send protein packages to dormant neighbors to endure antibiotic attack
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