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HPV-driven throat and mouth cancers are rising in men. Why?

Vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) has drastically reduced cervical cancer rates among women who got the vaccine. But as doctors celebrate that news, they're warning of an ongoing uptick...
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‘Beyond human intuition’: AI designs chip components 500 times smaller than what engineers could ever imagine

(Image credit: Tony Bi / MPL)Scientists have successfully shrunk three components used in photonic microchips by up...
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Neanderthals may have trekked through the Saudi Arabian desert 55,000 years ago, farther south than experts thought possible

Neanderthals may have trekked deep into the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula around 55,000 years ago, a new...
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Scientists finally know why astronauts struggle to poop in space — and reveal a hidden risk of long-haul spaceflight

Scientists have finally gotten to the bottom of why astronauts struggle to poop in space, thanks to a...
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The Evolution of American Farm Equipment from 1900 to 1930

At the dawn of the 20th century, an American farm was still powered largely by animals. Horses and...

Mystery medical episode that left astronaut unable to speak shows one of NASA’s biggest risks as moon missions ramp up

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As NASA prepares to send four astronauts around the moon for the 10-day Artemis II mission, a veteran space flier's unexplained illness in orbit...

Drought could fuel the rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs as climate change worsens, new research suggests

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A study of soil microbes showed that drought favors the microorganisms that survive antibiotics. It also found that some of the genes for resistance...

Physicists create electron ‘catapult’ that moves particles through solar cells at record speed

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Molecular vibrations can "catapult" electrons across solar materials in quadrillionths of a second‬ ‪— much faster than previously thought, a new study shows.The findings...

Artemis II: NASA is preparing for a return to the moon, but why is it going back?

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NASA's Artemis II mission will soon send astronauts on a trip around the moon, if the current plans hold. But why is the U.S....

Measles’ resurgence in the US is a grim sign of what’s coming

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In the three decades between 1993 and 2024, measles in the U.S. was relatively rare — a few hundred cases each year, at most....

Exceptionally rare sighting of planets colliding may shed light on the crash that formed the moon

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Astronomers think they've glimpsed one of the rarest sights in space: two planets smashing into each other around a distant star.The collision appears to...
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