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Brain organoids are helping researchers, but their use also creates unease

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What better time to contemplate the conundrum that is zero than the start of a new year? Zero is a fairly new concept in human history and even more recent as a number. It wasn't until around the 7th century that zero was used as a number. That's when it showed up in the records of Indian mathematicians. Since then, zero has, at times, been met with some fear — at one point the city of Florence, Italy banned the number.

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What Stranger Things gets right about wormholes

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Meet five new species discovered in 2025

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It's been a difficult year for science. Here's what researchers say about the future

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Climate anxiety is altering family planning. Should it?

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Kratom and 7-OH products are widely available. They're also at the heart of a public health debate.

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ADHD drugs may work indirectly to boost attention

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Clean energy is surging despite political attacks. But a slowdown may be looming

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Why scientists are catching whale breaths....with drones

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Consider This from NPR

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Science funding was hit in 2025. What does that mean for the future?

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Scientists learn more about how human embryos implant using artificial wombs

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How a power outage in Colorado caused U.S. official time to be 4.8 microseconds off

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Scientists say they have discovered 20 new species deep in the Pacific Ocean

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What to know about Jared Isaacman, the billionaire private astronaut leading NASA

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Italy makes a surprising discovery ahead of the Winter Olympics: dinosaur tracks

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Word of the week

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Trump's rush to build nuclear reactors across the U.S. raises safety worries

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"A very, very big deal." Countries take on fossil fuels

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