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How AI helps detect lung cancer sooner, improving survival rates

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How AI helps detect lung cancer sooner, improving survival rates

Kids get diseases like lupus, too. As researchers hunt better treatments, this camp brings joy

Kids get diseases like lupus, too. As researchers hunt better treatments, this camp brings joy

Venice’s newest marvel is a wild, acrobatic dolphin. His refusal to leave puts him in danger

Venice’s newest marvel is a wild, acrobatic dolphin. His refusal to leave puts him in danger

Pope Leo XIV calls for urgent climate action and says God’s creation is ‘crying out’

Pope Leo XIV calls for urgent climate action and says God’s creation is ‘crying out’

Keep your eyes on the sky for the Leonid meteor shower

Keep your eyes on the sky for the Leonid meteor shower

COP30 makes individual climate actions seem small. That’s why experts say to work in groups

COP30 makes individual climate actions seem small. That’s why experts say to work in groups

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Lifelong drugs for autoimmune diseases don’t work well. Now scientists are trying something new

Lifelong drugs for autoimmune diseases don’t work well. Now scientists are trying something new

Arachnid super-web reveals the surprising ‘constant party’ life of cohabiting spiders

Arachnid super-web reveals the surprising ‘constant party’ life of cohabiting spiders

Seal escapes orca hunt by jumping onto photographer’s boat

Seal escapes orca hunt by jumping onto photographer’s boat

Blue Origin launches huge rocket carrying twin NASA spacecraft to Mars

Blue Origin launches huge rocket carrying twin NASA spacecraft to Mars

One more slim chance for northern lights sighting Thursday night

One more slim chance for northern lights sighting Thursday night

Relentless rise in carbon pollution from fossil fuels slightly dampens climate-fighting hopes

Relentless rise in carbon pollution from fossil fuels slightly dampens climate-fighting hopes

Chinese scientist pleads guilty in US smuggling case and will be quickly deported

Chinese scientist pleads guilty in US smuggling case and will be quickly deported

A flotilla kicks off the People’s Summit for activists at UN climate talks

A flotilla kicks off the People’s Summit for activists at UN climate talks

Aurora dazzle DC area with northern lights

Aurora dazzle DC area with northern lights

Food-snatching seagulls are more likely to leave you alone if you shout at them, researchers say

Food-snatching seagulls are more likely to leave you alone if you shout at them, researchers say

More than 80 nonprofits receive $250M for global women’s health from Melinda French Gates

More than 80 nonprofits receive $250M for global women’s health from Melinda French Gates

Biovac starts trials on South Africa’s first domestically developed cholera vaccine

Biovac starts trials on South Africa’s first domestically developed cholera vaccine

Northern lights sightings possible next few nights in DC region

Northern lights sightings possible next few nights in DC region

‘Identify the worst of the worst’: How DNA helped solve a cold case in Prince George’s County

‘Identify the worst of the worst’: How DNA helped solve a cold case in Prince George’s County

Landmark Paris Agreement set a path to slow warming. The world hasn’t stayed on it

Landmark Paris Agreement set a path to slow warming. The world hasn’t stayed on it

James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97

James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97

NASA is sending probes to Mars to find out why it lost its atmosphere – and what that could mean for Earth

NASA is sending probes to Mars to find out why it lost its atmosphere – and what that could mean for Earth

A study questions melatonin use and heart health but don’t lose sleep over it

A study questions melatonin use and heart health but don’t lose sleep over it

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