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The perfect New Year’s Eve comedy turns 30
There aren't that many movies specifically set on New Year's Eve, but one of the…
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Manta rays inspire faster swimming robots and better water filters
This robot can also dive and come back to the surface. Faster flapping results in…
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Power company hid illegal crypto mine that may have caused outages
But Russia presumably gets no taxes on illegal crypto mining, and power outages can be…
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Evolution journal editors resign en masse
Over the holiday weekend, all but one member of the editorial board of Elsevier's Journal…
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Frogfish reveals how it evolved the “fishing rod” on its head
In most bony fish, or teleosts, motor neurons for fins are found on the sides…
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Trump told SCOTUS he plans to make a deal to save TikTok
Several members of Congress— Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.), and Representative…
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Whistleblower finds unencrypted location data for 800,000 VW EVs
Connected cars are great—at least until some company leaves unencrypted location data on the Internet…
Ten cool science stories we almost missed
For their study, Yudkin et al. compiled a dataset of nearly 370,000 AITA posts, along…
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A Cold War mystery: Why did Jimmy Carter save the space shuttle?
On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the first human landing on the Moon,…
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When does your brain think something is worth the wait?
Whether it’s braving the long line at a trendy new restaurant or hanging on just…