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Chatbot Correspondence Invades the Letters to the Editor Page

The rise of artificial intelligence has produced serial writers to science and medical journals, most likely seeking to boost the number of citations they’ve published.

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In Search of the Simpsonville Massacre

In 1865, two dozen Union soldiers, all formerly enslaved, were ambushed and killed along a road in Kentucky. Archaeologists are still searching for their remains.

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In Mexico, Killer Whales Take Down Great White Sharks

A pod of orcas in the Gulf of California has repeatedly hunted juvenile white sharks to feast on their livers.

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Moon Duchin on the Math of Gerrymandering

Why the challenge of truly representative democracy is so complex.

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V-1 Missiles Once Terrorized Britain. Now They’re Home to Starfish.

Tons of toxic German munitions, dumped in the Baltic and North Seas after World War II, have become an unlikely refuge for marine life, a new study has found.

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Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That: Who Can Explain the Glowing Green Bats?

Six species of North American bats emit a glow at almost identical wavelengths, according to a recent study.

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He Studied Why Some Female Birds Look Like Males

Jay Falk explored a fundamental question: How do genes give rise to different bodies? But without funding, “there’s not really a future here.”

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E.P.A. Retreats From Plans to End the Energy Star Program

The agency has faced blowback from business leaders and Republicans over plans to end the popular energy efficiency program.

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Air Pollution Could Be Contributing to Your Slower Marathon Time

Marathon runners consistently finished slower in cities with higher levels of dangerous particles in the air, researchers found.

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This Genetically Engineered Fungus Could Help Fix Your Mosquito Problem

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that infected and killed them.

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