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MIT researchers use AI to uncover atomic defects in materials

The Giant Sloths and Armadillos of Prehistoric Texas 

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Penny, a Doberman pinscher, wins the Westminster dog show

Does Poverty Cause Crime? Not So Fast...

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Finding Sanity in Sprezzatura: The Lost 16th-century Italian Art of Living with Fluency, Serenity, and Openness to Wonder

The Crucial Role of Cities in the Lanternfly Invasion

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Blue Is the Color of Desire: The Science, Poetry, and Wonder of the Bowerbird

New AI model could cut the costs of developing protein drugs

Three anesthesia drugs all have the same effect in the brain, MIT researchers find