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If there were to be a “best dad” award in the animal kingdom, seahorses would be a...

Laundry-listing facts rarely changes hearts and minds – unless a bot is doing the persuading. Briefly chatting...

A machine making semiconductor chips David Talukdar / Alamy The latest commodity coveted by the AI industry...

AI chatbots may have the power to influence voters’ opinions Enrique Shore / Alamy Does the persuasive...

The microbial toxin colibactin has just the right shape to snuggle up to DNA — but its...

Let the record show: In 2025, one of paleontology’s oldest debates was settled. A second study in...

Where once they lived in our backyards, many pets – for better and for worse – have...

The bubonic plague arrived in Europe in the late 1340s CPA Media / Alamy The Black Death,...

An erupting volcano may have kicked off a chain of events that led to the swift dance...

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