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Stash of hundreds of human teeth reveal surprising Maya burial practice
October 22, 2026
Ancient DNA connects teeth in a cave offering to people buried in faraway elite tombs ...
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The first dinos that only ate fruit munched like parrots
October 22, 2026
Toothless, turkey-size oddity may have evolved alongside the emergence of flowering plants ...
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Two top NSF officials are leaving. In an agency under Trump’s thumb, it may not matter
October 21, 2026
Brian Stone and Rebecca Keiser are leaving as unofficial head and chief of staff ...
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Biologist David Sabatini wins $6 million in defamation lawsuit
October 20, 2026
A jury ruled in favor of the former Whitehead Institute scientist, dismissing accuser’s claims of sexual harassment and retaliation ...
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Department of Justice to fund studies of gender dysphoria and violent behavior
October 19, 2026
Experts worry the proposed research could produce biased results ...
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This lizard’s ‘great escape’ was frozen in amber for 99 million years
October 19, 2026
A tiny fossil tail offers the first “irrefutable” proof of a dropped tail ...
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How scientists domesticated a killer bacterium
October 16, 2026
Genome analysis shows how decades of lab cultivation turned C. botulinum, the canned-food killer, into a potent tool for medicine and the beauty industry
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Bonanza of new dates rewrites the history of the Inca
October 14, 2026
The South American empire lasted longer, and met more resistance, than scholars thought ...
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Coral can heal rapidly from bleaching—if it touches a clone
October 14, 2026
Algal transfusion allows damaged coral to repopulate in as little as 4 weeks ...
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Can predictive tools tell us who really needs antidepressants?
October 14, 2026
Amid a U.S. push for “deprescribing,” researchers are finding new ways to match patients to their optimal treatment ...
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