A new technique reveals human evolution was rife with interbreeding

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The fungal puppet master has been living a secret life

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The features of fish that have passed through the Suez Canal provide clues

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For women of every race, age, and size

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is requiring service members to screen for low testosterone levels. Ironically, the military lifestyle itself is more likely to lower T levels.

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It marked the city's first smog incident. Here’s what it looked like—back then and over the years that followed.

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Almost all of these tiny organisms vanished way back in the early Cretaceous period

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Black holes sometimes make a break for it

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It’s not the first time the robot has found interesting patterns on the red planet

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New research points to a seafaring people who ranged far and wide

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