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The human brain flushes out waste products while we sleep and now it seems that certain sounds might enhance the process ...

Global warming and a record El Niño have pushed Earth’s temperature more than 1.5°C above the preindustrial average, and ...

A group of astronomers proposes that a series of events in a distant galaxy formed both a black hole and a pulsar, but other ...

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AI companies are making new mathematical discoveries at a rapid pace but not sticking around to help unpick the new proofs.