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Artificial Intelligence

As teens in crisis turn to AI chatbots, simulated chats highlight risks

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Animals

Mosquitoes infiltrated Iceland. Will they survive the winter?

By Erin Garcia de Jesús22 hours ago

An avalanche rescuer and a rescue dog help pull a person out of a deep pile of snow for a training exercise.

Health & Medicine

Volunteers agreed to be buried face-down in the snow, for science

By Aimee CunninghamNovember 3, 2025

A new AI technique may aid violent crime forensics

By Meghan RosenOctober 31, 2025

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Health & Medicine

Cancer treatments may get a boost from mRNA COVID vaccines

By Meghan RosenOctober 31, 2025

An illustration shows four T. rex looking dinos attacking a fifth in a jungly setting. The fallen dino is a juvenile T. rex and the four are a different diminutive species of tyrannosaur.

Nanotyrannus was not a teenaged T. rex

By Carolyn GramlingOctober 30, 2025

A small black fly feeds on the center of a greenish-yellow flower.

Plants

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By Rohini SubrahmanyamOctober 30, 2025

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Spotlight on Health

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Cancer treatments may get a boost from mRNA COVID vaccines

Cancer patients who got an mRNA COVID vaccine within a few months of their immunotherapy lived longer than those who did not, health records show.

By Meghan RosenOctober 31, 2025
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