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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...

Watch bison herd defend a newborn calf from wolf attack in a primeval Polish forest

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A camera trap in an ancient Polish forest has captured extremely rare and unexpected footage of wolves attacking a bison herd made up of...

5,000-year-old burial of man with battered skull found in kiln in Germany — and he may have been a human sacrifice

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Archaeologists in Germany have unearthed an unusual burial of an injured man who was thrown into an abandoned kiln nearly 5,000 years ago. Because...

From Lime to Layers: How 1930s House Plaster Compares to Modern Times

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Every home tells a story through its walls. The solid, cool touch of an older home feels different from the smooth, papered surfaces of...

NASA’s experimental X-59 jet breaks sound barrier for 1st time in step toward ‘quiet supersonic’ technology

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NASA's X-59, an experimental supersonic aircraft developed in partnership with Lockheed Martin, has broken the sound barrier for the first time. The test represents...

‘Just defies belief’: 5 million-year-old whale graveyard stretches for 750 miles in the Indian Ocean

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Scientists have discovered a vast whale graveyard stretching for hundreds of miles in the Indian Ocean, with some fossil bones dating back over 5...

AI could consume up 3% of world’s electricity the UN warns

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One argument often used to quell concerns about the rising energy and resource demand of data centers is that artificial intelligence (AI) models will...
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