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This Gargantuan Bird Weighed as Much as a Sports Car Jun 02, 2023

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The elephant bird was the heaviest bird to ever walk the earth. Also, its eggs were 150 times the size of a chicken egg and thick as a dinner plate.

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This Massive Scientific Discovery Sat Hidden in a Museum Drawer for Decades May 31, 2023

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The fossil was a prehistoric bird called Pelagornis sandersi, and its wings stretched out twice as wide as those of the great albatross.

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The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding the Machinery of the Cell [Sponsored] May 30, 2023

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James Rothman shared The Kavli Prize in Neuroscience in 2010 for discovering the molecular basis of neurotransmitter release. How did a biochemist come to win such a prestigious prize in neuroscience?

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What the End of the COVID Emergency Means for You May 24, 2023

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What you pay for tests, vaccines, and medicine will change

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Heat Waves Are Breaking Records. Here's What You Need to Know May 22, 2023

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From North America to South Asia, summer heat waves are becoming longer, stronger and more frequent with climate change.

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Why We're Worried about Generative AI May 19, 2023

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From the technology upsetting jobs and causing intellectual property issues to models making up fake answers to questions, here’s why we’re concerned about generative AI.

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Dismantling the PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Legacy [Sponsored] May 18, 2023

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More sustainable ways of removing persistent chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from the environment are on the horizon.

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Understanding Dissociative Identity Disorder through the 'Community' of Ella May 17, 2023

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We learn the story of “Ella,” a patient with 12 different personalities, or “parts,” and of her therapist, who helped her form a peaceful community—many selves in one body and mind.

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Is Time Travel Even Possible? May 15, 2023

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Two SciAm editors duke it out to see if wormholes and multiverses could in fact exist.

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Parrot Babies Babble Just like Us May 12, 2023

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Parrot nestlings spend time stringing together jumbled mixtures of sound—a rehearsal for more adult conversations

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