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Fossilized poo harbors remains from mammoths, bison and big cats, including some of the oldest DNA ever reconstructed spklr.io/6015E3ebD

Ancient ground squirrels feasted on carcasses like ‘zombies of the Pleistocene’

Fossilized poo harbors remains from mammoths, bison and big cats, including some of the oldest DNA ever reconstructed

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As Ebola rages, Moderna and others are racing to develop an mRNA vaccine for the rare Bundibugyo virus driving the current outbreak spklr.io/6016E3eXq

Inside the race to develop a new Ebola vaccine

As Ebola rages, Moderna and others are racing to develop an mRNA vaccine for the rare Bundibugyo virus driving the current outbreak

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The first participant has been treated in a landmark clinical trial of cellular reprogramming, which aims to rejuvenate aging cells spklr.io/6014E3bd6

World-first: therapy to make cells young again given to a person

The first participant has been treated in a landmark clinical trial of cellular reprogramming, which aims to rejuvenate aging cells

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Tungsten is a coveted for military uses. Restoring domestic supply could help with ongoing munitions shortages spklr.io/6017E3bnb

U.S. Industries Push to Revive Tungsten Production Amid Shortage

Tungsten is a coveted for military uses. Restoring domestic supply could help with ongoing munitions shortages

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Mathematicians have considered how to watch every corner of a space—but soccer adds moving players, blocked views and constant action spklr.io/6013E3bVc

World Cup camera coverage poses a moving math puzzle

Mathematicians have considered how to watch every corner of a space—but soccer adds moving players, blocked views and constant action

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NASA's X-59 research aircraft reached its target speed and altitude for the first time on Friday spklr.io/6011E3ZVz

NASA's experimental quiet supersonic plane passes another critical milestone

NASA's X-59 research aircraft reached its target speed and altitude for the first time on Friday

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A study finding that even one drink a day causes health risks was deliberately sidelined by the Trump administration, a former federal public health official alleges spklr.io/6015E3Z3L

Former U.S. health official explains why the Trump administration ‘ignored’ a key alcohol study

A study finding that even one drink a day causes health risks was deliberately sidelined by the Trump administration, a former federal public health official alleges

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Melting permafrost is releasing carbon into the atmosphere, but scientists may have underestimated just how bad the situation may be, a new analysis finds spklr.io/6011E3k7J

Earth’s permafrost could soon release hidden ‘deep carbon,’ supercharging warming

Melting permafrost is releasing carbon into the atmosphere, but scientists may have underestimated just how bad the situation may be, a new analysis finds

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The 24 alien books the Scientific American staff love, from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy to Contact and beyond spklr.io/6010E3kEj

The 24 alien books Scientific American recommends

The 24 alien books the Scientific American staff love, from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy to Contact and beyond

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SpaceX’s IPO—the largest in history—has out-of-this-world implications for AI, space commerce and extraterrestrial exploration spklr.io/6017E3kBV

SpaceX’s historic IPO ignites the new space race

SpaceX’s IPO—the largest in history—has out-of-this-world implications for AI, space commerce and extraterrestrial exploration

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Reusable rockets and Starlink made Elon Musk’s company dominant in spaceflight. Its record valuation leans on making Starship flights routine and orbital AI data centers real spklr.io/6013E3XqT

SpaceX IPO valuation depends on Starship and orbital AI data centers

Reusable rockets and Starlink made Elon Musk’s company dominant in spaceflight. Its record valuation leans on making Starship flights routine and orbital AI data centers real

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The new movie Disclosure Day is all about a big, alien secret. But SETI researchers behind the updated post-detection protocol say they aren’t in the business of secrets. spklr.io/6010E3XUj

Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day gets one major thing wrong about the search for aliens

The new movie Disclosure Day is all about a big, alien secret. But SETI researchers behind the updated post-detection protocol say they aren’t in the business of secrets.

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Meteor camera networks can reveal the hidden history of the solar system, and you can assist from your own backyard spklr.io/6018E3XcA

Crowdsourcing could discover new meteor showers and more

Meteor camera networks can reveal the hidden history of the solar system, and you can assist from your own backyard

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Extremely curved spacetime can warp cause and effect, creating channels for backward communication spklr.io/6018E3XjM

Can black holes send information back in time?

Extremely curved spacetime can warp cause and effect, creating channels for backward communication

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In a first, the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists released its own vaccine schedule spklr.io/6015E3pCf

Obstetricians oppose CDC to recommend more shots for moms

In a first, the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists released its own vaccine schedule

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Salt, with its ability to seal liquid in, is uniquely suited to storing the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve spklr.io/6015E3pvX

The U.S. stockpiles oil in huge underground salt caverns. Here’s why

Salt, with its ability to seal liquid in, is uniquely suited to storing the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve

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This tiny robot might look like a high-tech hamster ball, but it could hasten lunar exploration spklr.io/6017E3pSX

Meet LEV-2, a baseball-sized and absurdly cute moon robot

This tiny robot might look like a high-tech hamster ball, but it could hasten lunar exploration

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Children living in areas with low socioeconomic opportunities have more tired and stressed brains, a new study finds spklr.io/6010E3pju

Children’s zip codes change their brains, new study finds

Children living in areas with low socioeconomic opportunities have more tired and stressed brains, a new study finds

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Researchers have created the first high-resolution global map of the extent of one of Earth’s largest—and least visible—living networks spklr.io/6011E3pbd

See the hidden fungal network so big it could stretch to Proxima Centauri and back

Researchers have created the first high-resolution global map of the extent of one of Earth’s largest—and least visible—living networks

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New results challenge AI’s promise for solving how fluids swirl—and suggest a more human path forward spklr.io/6010E3Tfq

Humans and AI race to ‘blow up’ math’s toughest equations

New results challenge AI’s promise for solving how fluids swirl—and suggest a more human path forward

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