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Researchers have developed an AI-powered system that mimics the human sense of smell to detect and track toxic gases in real time. Using advanced artificial neural networks combined with a network of ...

Tiny grains from asteroid Ryugu are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar system over 4.6 billion years ago. The findings suggest the distal solar system ...

Fear may be as old as life on Earth. Now, researchers are getting to the bottom of explaining why we love it so much.

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Hurricane Milton Delays Launch of Europa Clipper, and Science Nobel Awards Highlight AI A roundup of the science Nobels, the latest COVID updates and the Europa Clipper launch delay.

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A famous theory in political science asserts that windows for major policy reforms come along only every so often, and ...

Lawmakers granted OHSU, a public agency, semi-independent status in 1995 in exchange for various promises — including that it ...

Joel Achenbach writes about science and politics for The Washington Post's National desk. He has been a staff writer for The Post since 1990. He started the newsroom’s first online column ...