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Last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29 percent, their risk of hospitalizations by 39 percent and their risk of death by 64 percent, according to a new study, published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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A classic graphic reveals nature's most efficient traveler

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Mathematicians discover prime number pattern in fractal chaos

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Perplexing diamonds from South Africa mine contain 'almost impossible' chemistry

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Proof that Tetris is NP-hard even with O(1) rows or columns

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Researchers found that some dogs can learn terms for functional categories, such as ‘pull’ and ‘throw’ toys

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Scientists discovered six new gecko species hidden in plain sight in pristine deserts of southern Africa, thanks to their loud, barking mating calls

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Nearly 100 years ago dozens of ships were abandoned in a shallow bay in the Potomac River

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As teams of Asian weaver ants gain more members, they strategically use their grippy feet to become ever more efficient at pulling leaf tips, a new study in Current Biology found

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The most enthralling rock yet found on Mars—a speckled hunk of mudstone that may contain evidence of ancient alien life—is still worth getting excited about

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