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How both your genes and lifestyle alter risk of age-related diseases
Exercise can influence your risk of developing age-related conditions Olja Simovic / Alamy Does your lifestyle play the biggest role…
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Dark algae could accelerate melting of Greenland ice sheet
Algae on the Greenland ice sheet absorb light and accelerate melting Laura Halbach Dark algae that grow on the surface…
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Slowdown of AMOC ocean current may preserve the Amazon rainforest
Rainfall in the Amazon may be influenced by sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic Ocean Maarten Zeehandelaar/Shutterstock The potentially…
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Why AI resorts to stereotypes when it is role-playing humans
AI models struggle to mimic people with particular demographic identities whitebalance.oatt/Getty Images Artificial intelligence models from OpenAI and Meta often…
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When did the first galaxies form? Earlier than we thought possible
Many millions of years after the big bang, a point of light arose in a dark universe. This first star…
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Astronomers uncover the topsy-turvy atmosphere of a distant planet
The three layers of the atmosphere of the gas giant Tylos ESO/M. Kornmesser The atmosphere of a distant world has…
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Earth’s oceans may have been green for billions of years
The sea around Iwo Island, one of the Satsunan Islands off the coast of Japan, is green because of high…
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Why it’s so hard to tell when Homo sapiens became a distinct species
John Bavaro Fine Art/Science Photo Library For the vast majority of our planet’s history, there were no humans. Today, there…
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When did time begin? Hint: It wasn’t at the big bang
NASA/Adboe Stock/ Ryan Wills Our universe is expanding, so it must have been smaller in the past. Indeed, if we…
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The 7 most consequential moments in the history of everything
If there is one word associated with scientific curiosity, it’s “why”. Why is the universe expanding? Why are cases of…
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