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T. rex Skeleton Heads to New York Auction With $30m Price Tag
A 67-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex is expected to fetch record money at a New York sale, reviving a debate over private ownership of major dinosaur fossils.
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The Gut-Brain Axis Moves From Fringe to Frontier
The idea that the bacteria in your gut shape your mood and mind was once dismissed as wishful thinking. It is now one of the most serious frontiers in biology.
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A Distant World Shows the Clearest Sign Yet of Liquid Water
Spectra from a planet a hundred light-years away reveal a chemical fingerprint that, on Earth, only oceans and life produce. Scientists are excited — and very, very careful.
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Inside the Long Hunt for a Room-Temperature Superconductor
A material that carries electricity without loss at ordinary temperatures would remake energy, computing, and transport. The question is how close the long hunt really is.
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Gene-Editing Trial Reports Lasting Results Three Years On
Patients treated for an inherited blood disorder remain symptom-free years later, offering the strongest evidence yet that a single edit can be a lasting cure.
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