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Science
What we know, what we are learning, and what the labs are not telling you.
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Beef Liver Supplements Lack Evidence and Carry Toxin Risks
The closest test to date comes from a recent clinical trial, and its result challenges a popular assumption about iron pills. Mamadou Bah at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and his colleagues randomly...
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434Science
Physics-Explains-Why-Small-Bubbles-Are-Louder
A bubble forming under water makes a noise. SENTENCE: It is quick and faint, and it returns with every new bubble. CORRECTION: It is quick and faint, and it returns with every new bubble. SENTENCE: Even then, the noise...
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435Science
Quantum Computers Trapped in Perpetual Five-Year Promise
The question of when quantum computers will truly arrive can be approached from two directions. One is empirical: gather the data on how the machines are improving and look for a pattern. The other is philosophical: ask...
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Rocky Exoplanet 48 Light-Years Away Holds Strongest Habitability Evidence
One research approach watches for the brief dimming of starlight when a planet passes in front of its star. Another measures the subtle, regular wobble that a planet's gravity imposes on the star itself. The first...
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Starship Floats India Reaches Orbit Roman Awaits Launch
SENTENCE: Tariq Malik, Space.com's editor in chief, and guest host Rick Jenet of the National Space Society discussed the flight in detail. 1] CORRECTION: A full Starship, intact, was floating on the water. Tariq Malik,...
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438Science
AI Tools Drive More Papers With Less Polish
Scientists who use large language models the AI tools trained on vast amounts of text to generate and refine language will spend less time perfecting their work, according to a new modelling study. They will instead...
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Mummified DNA from Chile Reveals Smallpox History
For decades, the story of smallpox in the Americas had a missing chapter. The virus itself left almost no trace. That silence broke when researchers recovered viral DNA from two people who died in modern day Chile more...
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440Science
Gene Editing Aims to End a Lifetime of Cholesterol Pills
For decades, the standard answer to high cholesterol has worn a familiar shape: a pill each day, a blood test every few months, and the quiet awareness that cardiovascular disease kills more people worldwide than...
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August 2026 Science Fiction Roundup Unveils Hidden Gems
The simplest explanation is often the wrong one. For a quiet August in publishing, the simplest explanation is that nothing worth reading arrives. That explanation is wrong this year. August 2026 has science fiction...
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442Science
The Mine Is Already on the Road
One number sits at the heart of China's recycling ambitions: 40 percent. That is the share of certain battery elements that recyclers in China recover today. The country's new policy standard demands far more. It...
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August 2026 Brings Solar Eclipse Perseids Venus Lunar Eclipse
August 2026 is a calendar of four sky events. Every date on that calendar was known before the month began. That is the quiet breakthrough of skywatching. None of it is guesswork. The Moon's phases for August were...
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Why More Firefighting Planes Will Not End Europe Megafires
Imagine a doctor who answers every fever with stronger painkillers but never treats the infection beneath it. The patient may feel better for a short time. Then the fever returns, often worse than before. Europe is now...
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