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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...

Hubble telescope discovers ‘Cloud-9’, a dark and rare ‘failed galaxy’ that’s unlike anything seen before

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Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have just spotted a new type of celestial object: Cloud-9, a starless, gas-rich cloud of dark matter that...

This ‘marker’ may be more predictive than cholesterol for heart disease

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Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States.Since researchers first established the link between diet, cholesterol and heart disease in...

An experimental mRNA treatment counters immune cell aging in mice

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A new mRNA treatment rejuvenates key immune cells in the body, which could help them fight off infections and cancer, a mouse study suggests.T...

‘Artificial intelligence’ myths have existed for centuries – from the ancient Greeks to a pope’s chatbot

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It seems the AI hype has turned into an AI bubble. There have been many bubbles before, from the Tulip mania of the 17th...

AI is getting better and better at generating faces — but you can train to spot the fakes

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Images of faces generated by artificial intelligence (AI) are so realistic that even "super recognizers" — an elite group with exceptionally strong facial processing...

‘What the heck is this?’ James Webb telescope spots inexplicable planet with diamonds and soot in its atmosphere

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A distant exoplanet appears to sport a sooty atmosphere that is confusing the scientists who recently spotted it.The Jupiter-size world, detected by the James...
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