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Archaeologists Confront Extreme Conditions and Ethical Dilemmas while Investigating Ancient Human Sacrifice A mountaintop burial site offers a glimpse into Inka life—but raises ethical questions about unearthing ancient human remains.

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Inside the Archaeological Study of Human Sacrifice

A mountaintop burial site offers a glimpse into Inka life—but raises ethical questions about unearthing ancient human remains.

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Helen Edwards Helped Create a Particle Smasher to Probe the Mysteries of Atoms Helen Edwards was a particle physicist who led the design and construction of the Tevatron, a machine built to probe deeper into the atom than anyone had gone before.

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Helen Edwards Helped Create a Particle Smasher to Probe the Mysteries of Atoms

Helen Edwards was a particle physicist who led the design and construction of the Tevatron, a machine built to probe deeper into the atom than anyo...

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Simplistic ‘Fight or Flight’ Idea Undervalues the Brain’s Predictive Powers The brain's primary job is to reduce uncertainty in an ever-changing world

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The Brain’s ‘Fight or Flight’ Response May Be a Myth

The brain’s primary job is to reduce uncertainty in an ever changing world

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These Living Computers Are Made from Human Neurons In the search for less energy-hungry artificial intelligence, some scientists are exploring living computers

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These Living Computers Are Made from Human Neurons

In the search for less energy-hungry artificial intelligence, some scientists are exploring living computers

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These Living Computers Are Made from Human Neurons In the search for less energy-hungry artificial intelligence, some scientists are exploring living computers

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These Living Computers Are Made from Human Neurons

In the search for less energy-hungry artificial intelligence, some scientists are exploring living computers

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How NASA’s Stranded Starliner Astronauts Could Fly Home with SpaceX NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been stuck on the ISS since they launched to the station in early June. Now the space agency is close to deciding how to bring them back

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How NASA’s Stranded Starliner Astronauts Could Fly Home with SpaceX

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been stuck on the ISS since they launched to the station in early June. Now the space agency i...

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New ‘Hobbit’ Fossil Clarifies Origin Story of this Tiny Human Relative A tiny human relative called the Hobbit, or Homo floresiensis, may have evolved from a larger ancestor that shrunk upon arriving on the Indonesian island of Flores, a new fossil suggests

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What Does the ‘Hobbit’ Fossil Discovery Teach Us about Our Tiny Human Relatives?

A tiny human relative called the hobbit, or Homo floresiensis, may have evolved from a larger ancestor that shrunk upon arriving on the Indonesian ...

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American Science is in Dangerous Decline while Chinese Research Surges, Experts Warn The U.S. sorely needs a coordinated national research strategy, says Marcia McNutt, president of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences

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American Science is in Dangerous Decline while Chinese Research Surges, Experts Warn

The U.S. sorely needs a coordinated national research strategy, says Marcia McNutt, president of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences

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Hurricane Debby Slams Florida Region That’s Still Recovering from Last Year’s Hit Hurricane Debby flooded the Big Bend region of Florida a year after it was pounded by Category 4 Hurricane Idalia

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Hurricane Debby Slams Florida Region That’s Still Recovering from Last Year’s Hit

Hurricane Debby flooded the Big Bend region of Florida a year after it was pounded by Category 4 Hurricane Idalia

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Science is Solving Iceland's Dangerous Volcanic Mystery We take you down below Iceland's erupting surface with the researchers who are trying to understand what's going to happen next.

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In Iceland, a Volcanic Monster Fumes as Researchers Race to Understand Its Dangers

We take you down below Iceland

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These Pathogens Could Spark the Next Pandemic, Scientists Warn Scientists have identified more than 30 different pathogens that they fear could cause the next big pandemic in humans

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These Pathogens Could Spark the Next Pandemic, Scientists Warn

Scientists have identified more than 30 different pathogens that they fear could cause the next big pandemic in humans

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Hazardous Melting Ice Could Sink Arctic Shipping Warmer temperatures were supposed to make Arctic shipping easier. But thick floating ice created by local melting is a bigger risk than people realized

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Hazardous Melting Ice Could Sink Arctic Shipping

Warmer temperatures were supposed to make Arctic shipping easier. But thick floating ice created by local melting is a bigger risk than people real...

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Slime Mold Helps to Map the Universe’s Tendrils of Dark Matter A single-celled organism’s pathfinding reveals connections in the universe’s vast “cosmic web”

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Slime Mold Helps to Map the Universe’s Tendrils of Dark Matter

A single-celled organism’s pathfinding reveals connections in the universe’s vast “cosmic web”

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'Cry It Out' Sleep Training Won’t Hurt a Parent or Baby. Bad Sleep Will Despite conflicting advice, letting your baby “cry it out” can help parents and babies alike

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'Cry It Out' Sleep Training Won’t Hurt a Parent or Baby. Bad Sleep Will | Scientific American

Despite conflicting advice, letting your baby “cry it out” can help parents and babies alike

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Cancer Case Rates Are Rising Across Generations and a SpaceX Private Spacewalk is Delayed A new blood test for cancer, helpful cat parasites, and a new kind of wood in this week's news roundup.

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Scientists Sound Alarms on New Surge in Cancers, and a Private Spacewalk Is Pushed Back

A new blood test for cancer, helpful cat parasites and a new kind of wood are featured in this week’s news roundup.

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Is the Paris Olympics’ Swimming Pool ‘Slow’? Let’s Dive into the Math Controversy surrounds whether the Olympic pool in the Paris La Défense Arena is not deep enough and slows swimmers. Is this contention true?

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Is the Paris Olympics’ Swimming Pool ‘Slow’? Let’s Dive into the Math

Controversy surrounds whether the Olympic pool in the Paris La Défense Arena is not deep enough and slows swimmers. Is this contention true?

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Some Trees ‘Hold Their Breath’ During Wildfires When wildfire smoke is in the air some trees essentially shut their windows and doors and hold their breath

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Some Trees ‘Hold Their Breath’ during Wildfires

When wildfire smoke is in the air, some trees essentially shut their windows and doors and hold their breath

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Beach Sand Replenishment Projects Are Expensive, Ineffective and Never-Ending The U.S. has been pumping sand onto eroding beaches for nearly a century. As climate change worsens, there’s no end in sight

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Why We Keep Pumping Sand onto Eroding Beaches

The U.S. has been pumping sand onto eroding beaches for nearly a century. As climate change worsens, there’s no end in sight

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How Heat Index, Dew Point and Wet-Bulb Temperature Describe Summer Weather When heat hits, we talk about the heat index, the dew point and heat risk. But what do all these measures mean?

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How to Tell How Miserable a Hot Summer Day Will Feel

When heat hits, we talk about the heat index, the dew point and heat risk. But what do all these measures mean?

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19 Good News Science Stories to Savor This Summer From lifesaving cancer treatments and frog “spas” to a view of the cosmos from your own backyard, science can keep you going through the long, hot days of summer

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19 Good News Science Stories to Savor This Summer

From lifesaving cancer treatments and frog “spas” to a view of the cosmos from your own backyard, science can keep you going through the long, ...