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Fast solar wind and a possible glancing blow from a coronal mass ejection could spark auroras over Christmas....
2026 is shaping up to be a huge year for games, with major sequels, long-awaited releases, and big new projects already lined up....
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I made a web game inspired by Geoguessr and Wordle, where you get shown a 3D model of a random human protein each day, and you have to triangulate its gene name using similarity clues. My background i...
More drugs entering middle or late-stage development drives up demand...
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NASA just postponed a spacewalk because of a medical concern with an astronaut. Here's how the agency has handled such issues in the past....
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