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From a chili pepper to a pant-less lion.

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A polarizing Harvard astronomer known for splashy theories about alien visits has been tapped by the Trump administration to lead a team of outside scientists to study the national security risks ...

A Clytia hemisphaerica medusa (left). Two small wounds can be seen in the sheet of epithelial cells in this confocal image (right). Membranes (red), nuclei (blue) and actin (green). Image credit: ...

SINGAPORE – Around December 2025, administrative assistant Luke (not his real name), who is single, was told that there were photos of him online with a woman claiming to be his fiancee and the baby ...

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