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Benjamin Franklin put early anti-counterfeit measures in paper money

The first scientific study of 18th-century paper money printed by Benjamin Franklin reveals that the inventor developed innovations that paved the way for modern currencies

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These three objects were originally identified as galaxies but they may actually be “dark stars”

Space

JWST may have spotted enormous stars powered by dark matter

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A road sign in Death Valley warning of extreme heat

Environment

Death Valley may have just had the hottest recorded midnight ever

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Health

Wiggly chair that mimics jogging provides some benefits of exercise

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X-ray of lung showing chest cancer

Technology

Google AI helps doctors decide whether to trust diagnoses made by AI

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Environment

Eunice Newton Foote: The woman who discovered the greenhouse effect

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Environment

Bolivia's surging deforestation alarms environmentalists

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Health

ADHD diagnoses in UK men grew nearly 20-fold in 18 years

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A computer-generated model of a quasicrystal pattern

Physics

Biggest-yet quasicrystal made by shaking metal beads for a week

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Pygmy right whales are the smallest of the baleen whales

Life

World's smallest baleen whale is the last of its kind

Pygmy right whales are evolutionarily distinct and may be part of a whale family long thought to be extinct

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Physics

Bizarre portal-like ‘ring wormholes’ could let you time travel

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Hollywood actors strike over use of AI in films and other issues

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Health

Parkinson's disease: Exercise may stop crucial neurons from degrading

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Environment

Animals abandon deep-sea mining areas for over a year

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