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Whales may hone their singing skills by practising out of season

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OpenAI’s o3 model aced a test of AI reasoning – but it’s still not AGI

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Quantum teleportation can survive through busy internet cables

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How the US Supreme Court and Trump could stop a TikTok ban

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Is solar geoengineering research having its moment?

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Hairy ‘orangutan pitcher plant’ discovered in Borneo

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Hundreds of small websites may shut down due to UK’s Online Safety Act

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NASA’s Mars helicopter was grounded in 2024 after surprise success

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Will an mRNA vaccine target the norovirus strain behind surging cases?

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The 26 best sci-fi short stories of all time – according to New Scientist writers

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