MIT scientists report 'major advance' in fusion energy
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Butterflies released in Finland contained parasitic wasps, with more wasps inside – introduction of Glanville fritillary leads to emergence of three new species on island of Sottunga
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Why things fall off cranes
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Can progressives be convinced that genetics matters?
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Sex can relieve nasal congestion, and other work honored by 2021 Ig Nobels
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Havana syndrome and the mystery of the microwaves
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Australian musk ducks have the ability to call you a ‘bloody fool,’ research finds
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Turning cotton balls into cotton candy
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RNA breakthrough creates crops that can grow fifty percent more potatoes, rice
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Why are scorpions fluorescent?
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A breathing tube through the butt could be an alternative to mechanical ventilators
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The new thermodynamic understanding of clocks
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Fire rainbow over West Virginia
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This virus shouldn't exist (but it does)
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Female octopuses throw things at males that are harassing them
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The great American science heist
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Online trolls actually just assholes all the time, study finds
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US controls on ‘gain of function’ pathogen research have been undercut
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Scientists last month set foot on a tiny island off the coast of Greenland which they say is the world's northernmost point of land and was revealed by shifting pack ice
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AI robots take off, with Boston Dynamics. Beyond Atlas' Parkour.
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The psychological advantage of unfalsifiability: The appeal of untestable religious and political ideologies
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Evidence of fraud in an influential field experiment about dishonesty
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Why we're blind to the color blue
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Lawrence Livermore claims a milestone in laser fusion, produces three times more energy than was absorbed by the fuel
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Scientists grew stem cell 'mini brains'. Then, the brains sort-of developed eyes
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Why AI struggles to recognize toxic speech on social media
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Could you avoid being hit by a laser if you were in a room of mirrors?
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‘Tortured phrases’ give away fabricated research papers
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Solving puzzles to create better COVID vaccines
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Dispelling the myths of nuclear energy
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Cheap material could help convert waste heat into electricity
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Climate contrarians predicted the world would cool—it didn’t
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Squaring primes: Why all prime numbers >3 squared are one off a multiple of 24
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Vast sunken continent “Icelandia” may exist under the North Atlantic – if proven it could upend long-standing assumptions about region's geological history
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Scientist invents toilet that turns human feces into cryptocurrency
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Five parrots separated at British zoo after encouraging each other to curse profusely at guests
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The simplest math problem no one can solve
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How hard is it to get counting right?
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Smarter Every Day's 'Nuclear Submarine Deep Dive' completed playlist
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The spring paradox
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Does X cause Y? An in-depth evidence review.
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The longest-running evolution experiment
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The Mould Effect: A new theory
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Forensic science can be a powerful crime-fighting tool, but misdeeds, dubious methodologies, and bogus claims threaten its reputation—and the reputation of science as a whole
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Why do hurricane lamps look like that?
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Three months in Monte Carlo
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AlphaFold DB provides open access to protein structure predictions for the human proteome and twenty other key organisms to accelerate scientific research
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MIT predicted in 1972 that society will collapse this century. New research shows we're on schedule
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New electronic paper displays brilliant colors
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UCSF researchers achieve the ability to interpret neurological signals into speech
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