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Volcanoes lurk behind the scenes of human history

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A microscope image of bird flu particles and kidney cells.

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Health & Medicine

Eating too much sugar on antibiotics could squash helpful gut bacteria

By Mariella CareagaOctober 23, 2026

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Health & Medicine

Electric stoves could help people with asthma breathe easier

By Aimee CunninghamOctober 23, 2026

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Physics

A nanoparticle revealed the tiny impact of a single gas atom

By Emily ConoverOctober 22, 2026

Vincent van Gogh's famous painting "The Starry Night" shows a swirly star-filled sky over a town and hills, with cypress trees in the foreground.

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Was van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ a flight of fancy or a real sky?

By Lisa GrossmanOctober 22, 2026

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If neutrinos behave differently from their antimatter counterparts, it could help explain why our cosmos is full of stuff.

By Emily Conover, Helen Thompson and Marcie LaCerteSeptember 22, 2022
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Vincent van Gogh's famous painting "The Starry Night" shows a swirly star-filled sky over a town and hills, with cypress trees in the foreground.

Was van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ a flight of fancy or a real sky?

Vincent van Gogh'spainted the iconic work in the summer of 1889. Now researchers claim to have pinned down which night the stars were from.

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