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  1. Animals

    How can Baby Yoda be 50 years old?

    Animals with wings, big bodies or other protections from predators are more likely to evolve long lifespans.

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  2. Chemistry

    Scientists Say: Rubisco

    Rubisco is a key protein in the process of photosynthesis, which feeds plants — and, in turn, us.

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  3. Animals

    A love of small mammals drives this scientist

    Alexis Mychajliw’s science is driven by her love of animals. She now looks to tar pits and fossilized poop to understand ancient ecosystems.

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  4. Archaeology

    American democracy arrived long before Columbus did

    Indigenous peoples of the Americas developed self-rule long before the pilgrims arrived or the U.S. Constitution was written.

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  5. Computing

    Sleep helps AI models learn new things without forgetting old ones

    Breaks in training meant to mimic human sleep helped artificial intelligence learn multiple tasks.

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  6. Animals

    Prairie voles can couple up even without the ‘love hormone’

    Scientists thought the chemical oxytocin was required to make prairie voles mate. They were wrong.

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  7. Earth

    Scientists Say: Seismology

    Seismology is the branch of science focused on seismic waves — vibrations that run through or around Earth.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Explainer: Why it’s easier to get sick in the winter

    Low humidity helps viruses survive, and cold weather blunts some of the body’s immune responses — making colds and other viral infections more likely.

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  9. Physics

    Explainer: Kinetic and potential energy

    Kinetic energy depends on an object’s motion; potential energy hinges on its position. The relationship between the two sits in a special balance.

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  10. Physics

    Does the size of a parachute matter?

    How does a parachute work? Do bigger parachutes work better than smaller parachutes? Find out in this science project whether the size of the parachute matters.

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  11. Tech

    Think twice before using ChatGPT for help with homework

    ChatGPT is a new AI tool that generates well-formed writing and code. Despite many benefits, it makes cheating easy and can supply bad information.

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  12. Tech

    New robot can pick up a single drop of liquid

    The new device, which looks like a pair of plastic pinchers, is the first to be able to pick up individual droplets of liquid.

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