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From a small island off the coast of Panama to the farthest reaches of space, the Smithsonian advanced our knowledge of the universe on scales big and small in 2025.

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Sen. Rand Paul's (R-Ky.) blistering new Festivus Report 2025 dropped this week, torching Washington for what it says is a ...

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Long after NIAID director's retirement, Anthony Fauci's beagle experiments are "still funded by three different Fauci-era NIAID grants which have cost taxpayers over $13.8 million so far," says report ...

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Scientists cultivating partnerships of fungi and algae believe their invention has far-out implications for how we create the ...

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Janice Lee (NOIRLab), Alyssa Pagan (STScI)/cynoclub/SewCreamStudio/Kateryna ...