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sleep How many spiders do you eat in your sleep per year? Kevin Reome

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Science Scientific American editor-in-chief out after posting anti-MAGA rant Rob Beschizza

The secret of consciousness may be found in the strange electric fields inside our skulls Allan Rose Hill

sleep Research suggests that spiders may dream of webbed sheep Thom Dunn

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NASA more than pays for itself, "generated $76bn" for U.S. economy last year Rob Beschizza

You can learn to echolocate like a bat by rewiring your visual cortex Allan Rose Hill

Acid westerns and other psychedelic films for the real heads Allan Rose Hill

unwanted guests Man blames severe stomach pain on street food — but nope, it's just a live cockroach living inside his belly Carla Sinclair

politics Actual climate scientists debunk Marjorie Taylor Greene's weather-related conspiracy theories Jennifer Sandlin

privacy 23andme's prospects for survival dim Rob Beschizza

physics Physicists find evidence of "negative time" in photons Thom Dunn

adorable animals This alligator is an incredibly gentle mom! Jennifer Sandlin

politics Scientific American endorses Kamala Harris for president Rob Beschizza

geometry Why did this famous mathematician want a 17-sided shape on his tombstone? Ellsworth Toohey

Science Scientists win award for discovering mammals can breath through our anuses Allan Rose Hill

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