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In the aftermath of slavery, white psychiatrists diagnosed Black people with “religious excitement” and claimed they were unfit for freedom.
When the early Earth’s magma ocean crystallized 4.4 billion years ago, the deep mantle trapped an ocean’s worth of water, scientists say.
The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.
Finding that vampire bats along Peru’s coast carried H5N1 antibodies raises concerns that multiple bat species could become reservoirs for the virus.
Archaeologists found flint, iron pyrite to strike it and sediments where a fire was probably built several times at an ancient site in England.
A compilation of 100 examples of biological tilings shows how repeated natural motifs enhance strength, flexibility and other key functions.
The finding could guide beekeepers to keep hives out of most vulnerable areas of the Irish heathlands.
A peer-reviewed paper about Chinese startup DeepSeek's models explains their training approach but not how they work through intermediate steps.
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Tiny cameras threaded inside a Neandertal skull provide evidence that their big noses were not an adaptation to cold climates.
By studying the genes responsible for the seahorse’s brood pouch, researchers uncovered a new route to “motherhood.”
Chatbots that dole out fact-laden arguments can sway voters. Those facts don’t have to be true.
A closeup look at colibactin’s structure reveals chemical motifs that guide its mutation-wreaking “warheads” to specific stretches of DNA.
Nanotyrannus wasn’t a juvenile T. rex but a petite adult of a separate species, a new study of fossil hyoid bones finds, bolstering a recent report.
A volcanic eruption may have triggered a deadly chain of events that brought the Black Plague to Europe in the 14th century.
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