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Small Language Models Are the New Rage, Researchers Say
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Proposed NASA Budget Cuts ‘Would Decimate American Leadership in Space’
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An Experimental Obesity Pill Mimics Gastric Bypass Surgery
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Donald Trump Wants to Save the Coal Industry. He’s Too Late
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Scientists Claim to Have Brought Back the Dire Wolf
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SpaceX Took a Big Step Toward Reusing Starship’s Super Heavy Booster
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Mississippi Passes Bill Banning Lab-Grown Meat
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The Biggest US Banks Have All Backed Out of a Commitment to Reach Net Zero
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Scientists Just Created a ‘Woolly Mouse’ With Mammoth-Like Fur
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A Lethal Mystery Illness Spread in Congo. USAID Cuts Have Slowed the Response
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These Plants Photosynthesize Deep in the Arctic Even When There’s No Light
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Texas Official Warns Against ‘Measles Parties’ Amid Growing Outbreak
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USAID Was Promised Emergency Waivers for Ebola and AIDS. They’re Not Working
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DOGE Is Inside the National Institutes of Health’s Finance System
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Microsoft’s New Majorana 1 Processor Could Transform Quantum Computing
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This New Drug Could Help End the HIV Epidemic—but US Funding Cuts Are Killing Its Rollout
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USDA Layoffs Derail Projects Benefiting American Farmers
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National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers as Federal Purge Continues
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Mobulas, a Wonder of the Gulf of California, Are Disappearing
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A ‘Teleportation’ Breakthrough for Quantum Computing Is Here
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This New Algorithm for Sorting Books or Files Is Close to Perfection
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Metals Crucial to Clean Energy Are Getting Caught Up in the US–China Trade War
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For-Profit Companies Can’t Easily Replace NOAA’s Weather-Forecasting Prowess
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California’s Problem Now Isn’t Fire—It’s Rain
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A Nose-Computer Interface Could Turn Dogs Into Super Detectors
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It’s Spring on Mars—and That Means Violently Explosive Geysers and Avalanches
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NIH Funding Cuts Appear to Draw on Heritage Foundation Report That Blasts ‘DEI Staff’
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How Morocco Became the Meteorite Hunting Capital of the World
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The USAID Shutdown Puts Millions of African Lives at Risk
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Why People Act So Weirdly at Airports
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Gutting USAID Will Have a Monumental Effect on Combating Climate Change
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Early Detection Tools Help but They Can’t Stop Every Wildfire
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‘Dengue Boy’ Is the Weird, Fleshy Novel You Need Right Now
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Donald Trump’s NIH Pick Just Launched a Controversial Scientific Journal
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NOAA Employees Told to Pause Work With ‘Foreign Nationals’
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This DOGE Engineer Has Access to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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These Robots Are Recovering Dumped Explosives From the Baltic Sea
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Why Computer Scientists Need Magic 8 Ball-Like Oracles
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RFK Jr.’s Organic Crusade Has Sparked a Weird Political Realignment
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Moon or Mars? The US Might Face a Tough Choice for Future Missions
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The Federal Funding Freeze Will Cause Lasting Damage to Medical Research
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RFK Jr.’s Senate Testimony Is Haunted by His Track Record
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This Blood Vessel Was Grown in a Lab With Real Human Cells
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Washington, DC, Plane Crash: Everything We Know So Far
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Trump’s Plan for Elon Musk to Bring the ‘Stranded’ Astronauts Home ASAP Is a Headache for NASA
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Federal Spending Freeze Threatens Ecosystems and Public Safety
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Science Has Spun Spider-Man’s Web-Slinging Into Reality
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The Cause of the LA Fires Might Never Be Known—but AI Is Hunting for Clues
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Scientists Recreate the Conditions That Sparked Complex Life
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The Less People Know About AI, the More They Like It
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This Man Eats So Much Butter, Cheese, and Beef That Cholesterol Oozes From His Skin
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How Invasive Plants Are Fueling California’s Wildfire Crisis
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The US Has Bird Flu Vaccines. Here’s Why You Can’t Get One
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This Company Wants to Build a Space Station That Has Artificial Gravity
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There’s a New Way to Count Prime Numbers
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Influencers Are Hawking Wellness Products in Response to the LA Fires
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Los Angeles Will Remain at High Risk of Fire Into Next Week
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These Maps Show Just How Dry Southern California Is Right Now
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