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A Novel Male Birth Control Could Be an ‘On-Off Switch for Sperm’

Over time, they refined TDI-11861. In mice, the drug didn’t appear to interfere with sexual functioning or cause any side effects. And most importantly, the…

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Celebrate These 4 Famous Science Couples This Valentine’s Day

Science and romance may seem like strange bedfellows, yet some of the most groundbreaking scientific advances have been made by couples working together. Like the…

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52-Foot Long Ancient Egyptian Papyrus Discovered

Archeologists recently recovered a nearly 16-meter (52-foot) long ancient Egyptian papyrus writing from a tomb in Saqqara, Egypt. The writing — which is more than…

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A Little-Known Inflammatory Disease Is Hiding in Plain Sight

Vexas would have been discovered a long time ago if it were a garden variety genetic disease, caused by an inherited genetic mutation. For instance,…

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Cocaine Addiction Makes The Human Brain ‘Age’ Faster, Scientists Warn

Our brains experience a litany of changes as we age, right down to the way its DNA is translated. Now a new study has found…

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Blazing Asteroid Lights Up The Sky Just Hours After Being Spotted

For just the seventh time ever, astronomers spotted an asteroid in space hours before it came falling down to Earth in a blaze. In images…

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Astronomers Detect a Mass Migration of Stars Converging on Andromeda

Astronomers know that galaxies grow over time through mergers with other galaxies. We can see it happening in our galaxy. The Milky Way is slowly…

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Scientists Reveal How Humans First Populated The Ancient Megacontinent of Sahul

Between 75,000 and 50,000 years ago, humans began to make their way across the megacontinent of Sahul, a landmass that connected what is now Australia,…

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Physicists Say Aliens May Be Using Black Holes as Quantum Computers

If life is common in our Universe, and we have every reason to suspect it is, why do we not see evidence of it everywhere?…

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Mystery Smudges Appear on Saturn’s Rings, And We Don’t Know What Causes Them

The Hubble Space Telescope has confirmed that a new “spoke season” is kicking off at Saturn. These are the times of the Saturnian year, centered…

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