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Bigger bodies and wider beaks help birds like the bare-throated bellbird belt out calls louder than a jackhammer, but why ...

Microblazars — a miniature version of blazars — may be responsible for mysterious ultra-high-energy particles.

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A decades-old claim linking caregiving stress to risk of death has stuck around, hampering research into its benefits. But ...

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Fresh boulder tracks on Mars could reveal how a quake shook the planet and help scientists detect future tremors from orbit.

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