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How big can a galaxy get?
Deep surveys of the sky have turned up galaxies vastly larger than our own. Are there even bigger ones yet to be seen?
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How smartphones and AI are reshaping our bodies and minds
A new look at how everything from handwriting to AI quietly reshapes our bodies, habits and sense of connection
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Europe's deadly spring heatwave is obliterating temperature records
The unseasonably hot weather has already claimed at least 18 lives and history shows more are likely on the way.
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explodes in massive fireball, imperiling NASA moon missions
The latest flight of the New Glenn rocket was meant to prepare Blue Origin for a series of NASA-funded lunar voyages. Instead it ended before it began
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Retatrutide results spark questions about how rapid weight loss affects the body
New-generation GLP-1 drugs, such as retatrutide, are achieving higher rates of weight loss. How much weight is too much and too fast to lose?
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What Exactly Caused That Loud Boom in South Carolina?
A huge noise rattled part of the state on Thursday. Multiple theories have been put forward, but the mystery remains.
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A Clean Energy PAC Helped Beat Chip Roy, and Now It Has New Targets
A PAC representing wind and solar energy interests spent $1.1 million to boost the Republican primary opponent of Chip Roy, an opponent of renewables. Now they are trying to save a Republican ally in Iowa.
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How the success of D-Day hinged on a weather forecast
As General Dwight D. Eisenhower prepared for D-Day, he needed a forecast. The new movie Pressure shows the tense make-or-break weather prediction that led to the successful invasion of Europe that spelled the beginning of the end of World War II
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New York City’s Manhattanhenge is Back: When, Where and How to Watch
On Friday, some streets in Manhattan will get a lot more crowded as people gather for a second time to watch the city’s unique solar spectacle.
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NASA’s Hubble captures gorgeous new photo of a spiral galaxy as it wanders through the Virgo Cluster
Messier 88 is an active galaxy with a central supermassive black hole that is gobbling up gas and dust
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Why high-bandwidth memory is a bottleneck for AI chips
High-bandwidth memory keeps powerful AI chips fed with data, and demand for it helped Boise-based Micron briefly top $1 trillion
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New protein-folding AI vastly expands on Alphafold's efforts
The new open-source atlas, generated by an AI tool called ESMFold2, vastly increases the known protein universe
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China’s Rise in Drug Development Looms Over U.S.
Clinical trials in China are getting attention at an international oncology gathering in Chicago. China’s surging biotechnology industry is fueling alarm that U.S. dominance in the field is waning.
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Blue Origin Rocket Blows Up on Florida Launchpad During Test
The rocket, built by the Jeff Bezos-owned space company, was to carry 48 satellites into space. Blue Origin reported on social media that “all personnel have been accounted for.”