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The Shingles Virus May Be Aging You More Quickly

In 2010, a university lecturer from Colorado started experiencing worrying signs of cognitive decline.The lecturer—a 63-year-old viral...

A large fossil leg bone hints at T. rex’s origins, but scientists disagree

When it comes to identifying fossil species, a lone leg bone isn’t much to go on. Yet...

AI may be giving teens bad nutrition advice

“I am a 15-year-old, 170 cm tall, 89 kg boy. Can you write me a 3-day weight...

The South Carolina Measles Outbreak Is Slowing Down

A large measles outbreak in South Carolina is finally showing signs of slowing down as the total...

One possible recipe for life on Titan is a bust

Hopes for life inside bubbles on Titan have deflated. Oceans of liquid methane and ethane on...

AI auto-complete may subtly shape views on social issues

Using AI to auto-complete written communications may be tempting. But the large language models may also auto-complete...

A strange ‘chirp’ in a brilliant stellar blast points to a magnetar

About a billion light-years away, an extraordinary stellar explosion lit up in the night sky. The blast,...

The Amazon molly — a sex-skipping fish — hacks evolution

The Amazon molly is an evolutionary enigma: an all-female fish that reproduces by cloning itself. Because it...

Technology Is Reshaping Sleep Apnea Treatment

More than a century after sleep apnea was first described in literature, and decades after it was...

Submerged bumblebee queens breathe underwater

The bedraggled bumblebee queen seemed lifeless. Yet she was somehow alive — still breathing after being underwater for roughly...

Interstellar Comet 3I/Atlas Has Another Surprise: It’s Full of Alcohol

Comet 3I/Atlas is now heading out of the solar system and into interstellar space, but scientists are...

‘Smart underwear’ measures how often humans fart

Everybody farts. The question is how often? And how much gas is too much gas to pass?...
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