SCIENCE
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What We Know about Artificial Food Dyes and Health as RFK, Jr., Declares a U.S. Ban
What We Know about Artificial Food Dyes and Health as RFK, Jr., Declares a U.S. Ban This week the secretary…
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How THC, the Psychoactive Compound in Weed, Gets You High
Marijuana contains more than 500 active compounds. But most people focus on two: There’s cannabidiol, or CBD, which reduces inflammation.…
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Shift from Fossil Fuels to Renewable Energy Will Persist despite Trump Policies, New Analyses Say
CLIMATEWIRE | America’s energy transition will slow — but won’t stop entirely — if President Donald Trump is successful in…
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This Butterfly’s Epic Migration Is Written into Its Chemistry
This Butterfly’s Epic Migration Is Written into Its Chemistry Painted ladies travel the globe every year on massive journeys—including across…
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Noninvasive Prenatal Blood Testing Finds Cancer in Some Pregnant People
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. For more than a decade noninvasive prenatal blood testing, or…
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String Theorists Say Black Holes Are Multidimensional String ‘Supermazes’
Black Holes May Be ‘Supermazes’ of Many-Dimensional Strings Physicists think the insides of black holes may be complex mazes of…
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Does Intermittent Fasting Improve Health Beyond Weight Loss?
As anyone seeking to lose weight knows, diets come in and out of fashion. The Sexy Pineapple diet, launched by…
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The U.S. Government’s Top UFO Scientist Has an Open Mind about Alien Visitation
Whether captured in declassified military footage or in smartphone videos uploaded to social media, UFOs are swarming Earth’s skies and…
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Stunning Antarctic Sea Creatures Discovered after Iceberg Breaks Away
Stunning Antarctic Sea Creatures Discovered after Iceberg Breaks Away A calving iceberg exposed a region that never before had been…
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What Severance Life Would Really Be Like, According to a Psychologist
Editor’s Note: This story contains spoilers for season two of the TV show Severance. You arrive at work. You shed…
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