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A 3D-printed titanium–polymer lattice floated for months and stayed buoyant after cracking, though long-term ocean performance remains untested.
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What Shapes Personality? Study Finds 1,260 DNA Variants—but Genes Aren’t Destiny
A study of up to 1.14 million people linked 1,260 DNA variants to Big Five personality traits, but each effect was tiny and genes…
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Falling Quantum Atoms Pass a New Test of Einstein’s Gravity
An atom-chip experiment measured the quantum phase of freely falling rubidium atoms and found behavior consistent with Einstein’s equivalence principle.
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Scientists Made Titanium Float—even after the Material Cracked
A 3D-printed titanium–polymer lattice floated for months and stayed buoyant after cracking, though long-term ocean performance remains untested.
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What Shapes Personality? Study Finds 1,260 DNA Variants—but Genes Aren’t Destiny
A study of up to 1.14 million people linked 1,260 DNA variants to Big Five personality traits, but each effect was tiny…
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Hubble Finds a Giant 10-Sided Wave Around Saturn’s South Pole
Hubble tracked an immense, evolving decagon-shaped atmospheric wave around Saturn’s south pole, creating a striking counterpart to its northern hexagon.
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Semaglutide extended median lifespan by about 12% in older female mice, but the study does not show that Ozempic slows human aging.
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