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New research hints at how sauropod dinosaurs got to be so gargantuan

Mining the seafloor could boost global production of clean energy technology—and destroy the ocean in the process

The doomed class of stars named Wolf-Rayets produce mysterious pinwheel shapes

Researchers debate whether grandiosity always masks vulnerability

Researchers are still struggling to understand how AI models trained to parrot Internet text can perform advanced tasks such as running code, playing games and trying to break up a marriage

When criminal behavior overlaps with degenerative cognitive disease, the justice system often falters

Decades of failed attempts have given way to several successful vaccines and treatments for the respiratory disease RSV