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Are Quantum Computers about to Break Online Privacy?

A team of researchers in China has unveiled a technique that—theoretically—could crack the most common methods used to ensure digital…

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Half of the 250 Kids Expelled from Preschool Each Day Are Black Boys

In early October 2022 Jane Stadnik, a family resource specialist at the Parent Education & Advocacy Leadership (PEAL) Center in…

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A Recently Discovered Gas Cloud Near Andromeda Stumps Astronomers

With dozens of large telescopes scattered across Earth and some well above it, you might think we’ve pretty much discovered…

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Leona Zacharias Helped Solve a Blindness Epidemic among Premature Babies. She Received Little Credit

Scientist Leona Zacharias was a rare woman. She graduated from Barnard College in 1927 with a bachelor’s degree in biology, followed…

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Ancient Americans Crossed Back into Siberia in a Two-Way Migration, New Evidence Shows

Science has long known that people living in what is now Siberia once walked (and later paddled boats) across the…

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See the Largest Flower Ever Found Encased in Amber

The fossilization process is an unrelenting slog of decay, compression and erosion that can take millions of years and favors…

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Oceans Break Heat Record for Fourth Year in a Row

Oceans hit their warmest levels on record for the fourth consecutive year in 2022, according to a new report by…

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A Sustainable Economy Depends on Sustainable Materials

Scientists and manufacturers are charting a path toward material sustainabilityThe circular economy minimizes waste and maximizes reuse. Credit: Jan KallwejtAdvertisement…

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Gene Drives Could Fight Malaria and Other Global Killers but Might Have Unintended Consequences

Every year more than 600,000 people die from mosquito-transmitted malaria, most of them children under age five. Some insects that…

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Research Summaries Written by AI Fool Scientists

An artificial-intelligence (AI) chatbot can write such convincing fake research-paper abstracts that scientists are often unable to spot them, according…

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