Science
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Tropical forest loss doubled in 2024 as wildfires rocketed
Forest cleared for mining in the Brazilian Amazon Marcio Isensee e Sá/Getty Images The amount of tropical forest lost in…
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Supergiant crustaceans may cover more than half of the deep-sea floor
Alicella gigantea, the world’s largest amphipod, may be more common than we had thought Maroni et al./Royal Society Open Science…
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How the US military wants to use the world’s largest aircraft
An illustration shows how the WindRunner aircraft will be able to carry smaller planes as cargo Windrunner / Radia The…
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Earliest galaxy ever seen offers glimpse of the nascent universe
A deep-field image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope containing thousands of distant galaxies NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI…
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Vaccine may treat cocaine addiction by blocking drug’s entry to brain
The new cocaine vaccine was given once a month in a small trial Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images A small trial…
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Mechanochemistry: How an ancient alchemy technique is transforming modern chemistry
Mechanochemistry involves smashing and grinding powders together Pexels Imagine yourself in a chemistry lab. You are probably picturing a scene…
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Sea level will rise fast even if we limit global warming to 1.5°C
Rising seas will threaten many coastal cities Hugh R Hastings/Getty Images Limiting global warming to 1.5°C above the pre-industrial baseline…
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K2-18b: Astronomers double down on claim of strongest evidence for alien life
An artist’s impression of the exoplanet K2-18b NASA Astronomers are still arguing about whether we have recently seen the “strongest…
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Ancient Maltese temples may have been schools for celestial navigation
Ħaġar Qim, a megalithic temple complex in southern Malta Felix Choo / Alamy Stock Photo Several 5000-year-old temples in Malta…
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AI doesn’t know ‘no’ – and that’s a huge problem for medical bots
AI models can struggle to understand the captions on some medical images Getty Images Toddlers may swiftly master the meaning…
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