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‘Mind-blowing’ baby chick study challenges a theory of how humans evolved language
Newborn chicks connect sounds with shapes just like humans, suggesting deep evolutionary roots of the “bouba-kiki” effect
Cody Cottier
NASA says a litany of failures led to 2024 Boeing Starliner astronaut stranding
Claire Cameron
Alzheimer’s blood tests predict what age people will be when the disease may cause symptoms, study finds
Tanya Lewis
Robot libraries filled with tiny glass ‘books’ could store data for millennia
Damien Pine
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Our solar system is surrounded by weird peanut-shaped objects. Astronomers think they know why
Joseph Howlett
Newly discovered horned dinosaur was like a unicorn from hell
K. R. Callaway
China is reportedly testing a new airborne wind turbine
Jackie Flynn Mogensen
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Key NIH research institute told to remove references to 'pandemic preparedness'
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