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She invented Mother’s Day — then waged a lifelong campaign against it

Man gets realistic picture of his boat painted on fence intended to hide it

She was accused of faking an incriminating video of teenage cheerleaders. She was arrested, outcast and condemned. The problem? Nothing was fake after all

The untold story of the Chinese Americans who helped create Yosemite

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G1 humanoid rises up to smash nuts, twist and twirl

The man who took on the coal industry to save a forest – and won

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Class Consciousness for Billionaires

Why New York City is lowering its speed limit

Roman ‘service station’ found by archaeologists

The rage epidemic: is our modern world fuelling aggression?

The Dark Universe: Why we’re about to solve the biggest mystery in science

These Artificial Blood Platelets Could One Day Save Lives

British-built ‘unhackable’ navigational system flown in world first

‘Dancing’ raisins − a simple kitchen experiment reveals how objects can extract energy from their environment and come to life

Giant ‘rogue waves’ of invisible matter might be disrupting the orbits of stars, new study hints

On this day in 1960, NASA scientists launched their first ‘satelloon’

Astronomers finally detect a rocky planet with an atmosphere

Why can’t we see the far side of the moon?

What causes the different colours of the aurora? An expert explains the electric rainbow

The Dangers of Animal Experimentation—for Doctors

Outdoor time is good for kids’ eyesight. Here’s why

Sleep does not help brain wash out toxins, study suggests

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Scientists could make blazing-fast 6G using curving light rays

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Mystery of where Mona Lisa was painted has been solved, geologist claims

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The Hidden Harms of CPR

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Earth’s ‘Gateway to Hell’ is growing by 35 million cubic feet each year

How Melting Ice Has Altered Time-Keeping

‘Hidden mother’ photos don’t erase moms − rather, they reveal the labor and love that support the child

Groundbreaking spaceplane crashes before world-first aerospike rocket test

Elephants use gestures and vocal cues when greeting each other, study reports

‘World first’ for double hand transplant patient

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Why You Can Hear the Temperature of Water

How ‘tornado alley’ is changing

Meet AdVon, the AI-Powered Content Monster Infecting the Media Industry

AI system can predict the structures of life’s molecules with stunning accuracy – helping to solve one of biology’s biggest problems

Two poems, four years in detention: the Chinese dissident who smuggled his writing out of prison

OpenAI, Mass Scraper of Copyrighted Work, Claims Copyright Over Subreddit’s Logo

NASA details plan to build a levitating robot train on the moon

Scientists unlock key to cheap hydrogen fuel with 95% less iridium

Bizarre Historical Photos: Peering into the Strange Past

NASA satellite narrowly avoids collision with defunct Russian satellite

The Webb Space Telescope found a nearby planet with an atmosphere

Game Theory Can Make AI More Correct and Efficient

Obsolete, but not gone: The people who won’t give up floppy disks

Humans Shaped Ancient History Across 3 Ages: The Stone, Bronze, and Iron Age

Mail Carrier Drives for Five Hours to Hand Deliver Lost World War II-Era Letters

New antibiotic buys medicine time in the never-ending fight against superbugs