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The largest 3D map of the universe, created based on data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, shows 47 million ...

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A researcher explains what we know — and what we don't — about the link between loneliness and memory problems.

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An ancient-DNA analysis of a rare Anglo-Saxon double burial revealed the people in the grave were brother and sister.