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  1. Animals

    Birds are singing longer, thanks to light pollution

    In light-polluted areas, birds spend an average of 50 minutes more per day singing. It’s unclear how that extra time might hurt or help the birds.

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  2. Questions for ‘5 things to remember when talking to a chatbot’ 

    Questions for ‘5 things to remember when talking to a chatbot’

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  3. Artificial Intelligence

    5 things to remember when talking to a chatbot

    When using ChatGPT or other chatbots, remember your voice matters and watch out for flattery and hallucinations. And for important advice, ask real people.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    A little shape-up helps these pimple patches get a grip

    These zit patches use some innovative geometry to anchor onto skin. This solves one problem that’s hindered other uses of microneedles for drug delivery.

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  5. Ants are better team players than people

    For ants, teamwork makes the dream work. For humans, teamwork can be a trip-up.

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  6. Psychology

    Listening to slightly different sounds in each ear may boost focus, teen finds

    While “binaural beats” may boost attention, his research shows video game music is distracting.

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  7. Earth

    Scientists Say: Supermoon

    This supersized lunar event occurs when a full moon or new moon coincides with the moon’s perigee — the point where it is the closest to Earth.

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  8. Tech

    A modified glue gun squirts a material to help heal broken bones

    The handheld printer might someday apply bone-repair patches directly onto fractures — complete with antibiotics to prevent infection.

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  9. Space

    Scientists caught a black hole ringing like a bell

    Two black holes merged, creating a new, bigger one. This event triggered the clearest ripples in spacetime ever observed.

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  10. Questions for ‘The surface of Venus is morphing’ 

    Questions for ‘The surface of Venus is morphing’

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  11. Questions for ‘These ultra-long experiments outlive their scientists — on purpose’ 

    Questions for ‘These ultra-long experiments outlive their scientists — on purpose’

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  12. Earth

    These ultra-long experiments outlive their scientists — on purpose

    To study phenomena that unfold over decades or even centuries, scientists may launch projects they may never see finished.

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