SCIENCE
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Is Dark Energy Born inside Black Holes?
Black holes are eaters of all things, even radiation. But what if their rapacious appetites had an unexpected side effect?…
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Jane Goodall, Conservationist Who Transformed Our Understanding of Chimpanzees, Dies at 91
October 1, 2025 2 min read Jane Goodall, Trailblazing Primatologist and Chimpanzee Conservationist, Has Died The anthropologist was famous for…
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Weaver Ants Form Complex Chains to Pull More Than 100 Times Their Weight
September 29, 2025 2 min read Weaver Ants Form Complex Chains to Pull More Than 100 Times Their Weight With…
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WWI-Era Shipwrecks in Mallows Bay Form Ecological Sanctuary
September 25, 2025 3 min read Life Thrives on Maryland’s ‘Ghost Fleet’ of WWI-Era Shipwrecks Nearly 100 years ago dozens…
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James Webb Space Telescope Finds Atmosphere on Lava Planet TOI-561 b
September 23, 2025 2 min read This Blazing Exoplanet Breaks All the Rules About Alien Atmospheres, JWST Finds Hot, small…
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2025 Ig Nobel Prizes Awarded for Research on Tipsy Bats and Pasta Physics
Many scientists dream of winning a Nobel Prize, an accolade that brings worldwide recognition, prestige and a place in the…
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New Research Shows Gut Cells Communicate Directly with the Brain
This episode was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors. Rachel…
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Scientists Map Nightlife and Communication of NYC Rats to Help Urban Planning and Pest Control
Here in New York City, we humans crown ourselves rulers of the five boroughs—but the kingdom is split. We cohabit…
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Early Experiments Show Fast-Acting Antidote Targets Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
September 11, 2025 2 min read Early Experiments Show Fast-Acting Antidote Targets Carbon Monoxide Poisoning A study in mice and…
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NASA’s InSight Lander Reveals Mars’s Lumpy Mantle in New Seismic Study
Marsquakes, Vaccine Politics and Mammoth Microbiomes A common nasal spray shows promise in reducing COVID risk, but vaccine access remains…
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