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Proposed cuts would wipe out NOAA’s Ocean and Atmospheric Research office among a raft of other reductions to one of the main ...

Dozens of trials testing GLP-1 drugs like semaglutide, the medicine in Ozempic and Wegovy, against a placebo suggest that ...

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Computers that use photons rather than electrons to manipulate data promise greater speed and energy efficiency, and the ...

Amazon is aiming to launch its first operational satellites today to provide speedy internet connections in remote regions, ...

Schrödinger called his metaphorical cat “quite ridiculous” but the quantum weirdness it represents has become a useful ...

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