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Nate Silver speaks at "On The Fault Lines: Decision 2018" Midterm Election Panel on October 25, 2018 in New York City. (Krista Kennell/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

Nate Silver log-off and rest challenge

Samuel Altman, CEO of OpenAI, appears for testimony before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law May 16, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The 6 worst tech fails in 2023

Cackling geese (Branta hutchinsii) flying (Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Millions of birds impacted by fireworks

In this handout provided by NASA, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacecraft onboard is launched from Launch Complex 39A, October 13, 2023 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Aubrey Gemignani/NASA via Getty Images)

Space missions slated for launch in 2024

Ali M. Bramson - The Conversation

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Cup Noodles (Getty Images/Yuto photographer)

"Alarming" number of kids burned by soup

Black hole, dark matter, periodic table of elements (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

8 mind-bending science moments in 2023

New York Times sues OpenAI, Microsoft

Babylonian tablet dating to the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II | Earth's Magnetic Field (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Slemani Museum)

Space mystery solved by Babylonian relic

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A group of people wear face masks as they walk past the U.S. Supreme Court Building on June 29, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

New COVID variant dominant in U.S.

This artist's concept shows what the exoplanet WASP-17 b could look like. (NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI))

Potential alien planets spotted in 2023

Old-growth temperate rainforest; Quinault Rainforest Trail, Olympic National Forest, Washington. (Greg Vaughn /VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Forest protections don't go far enough

Wild Boars (Sus scrofa) in a forest (Getty Images/Christian Steinboeck)

A new front in the war on feral hogs

Marcus Lashley - The Conversation

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Visualization of a binary star experiencing mass transfer. (Institute of Science and Technology Austria/Ylva Götberg)

"Bluest of blue" stars discovered

Atom model with newspaper (Getty Images/Talaj)

Science journalism is no longer safe

Sunrise in Space (Getty Images/BlackJack3D)

The origin of life's building materials

Shichun Huang, Wenzhong Wang - The Conversation

Gravitation waves, 3D illustration (Getty Images/andreusK)

Hunting for sources of gravitational hum

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Happy mother with baby girl and grandmother at home (Getty Images/Oliver Rossi)

Why do humans go through menopause?

Black hole (Getty Images/Petrovich9)

How to juice energy from a black hole

An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) is prepared for training mission at Creech Air Force Base on November 17, 2015 in Indian Springs, Nevada. (Isaac Brekken/Getty Images)

The military’s big bet on AI

Sarah Scoles - Undark

Members of the Mursi tribe, an agro-pastoralist tribe in southwestern Ethiopia are seen on October 4, 2019 in the Lower Omo Valley. (MICHAEL TEWELDE/AFP via Getty Images)

Why Indigenous forest stewards are best

Maria Parazo Rose - Grist

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A Chinstrap penguin keeps watch over the colony from his prominent look-out spot on an Antarctic rock. (Getty Images/Fiona McAllister Photography)

These penguins sleep for mere seconds

An axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), also known as a Mexican salamander or a Mexican walking fish. (Arno Burgi/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Mexico urges folks to adopt axolotls

Kitchen filled with smoke (Getty Images/Ignatiev)

When indoor air becomes deadly

Ana Clara Faria

Newborn and mom with hospital bracelets (Getty Images/Stefano Oppo)

COVID vax halted premature births: study

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