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  1. Archaeology

    A huge, ancient Maya city has been found in southern Mexico

    Lasers revealed that the city spanned roughly the same area as Beijing and may have been among the most densely populated in the region.

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  2. Anthropology

    The ‘midlife crisis’ is too simple a story, scientists say

    Some scientists want to shift focus to the teen mental health crisis. But the course of happiness is too complex for simplistic theories, experts warn.

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  3. Humans

    A phone app could help people have lucid dreams

    New experiments show that an app developed by researchers can boost snoozing users’ likelihood of knowing when they are having a dream.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Why finding bird flu in a U.S. pig for the first time is raising new worries

    Swine can act as so-called “mixing vessels” for human and bird flus, giving avian viruses an opportunity to adapt for spreading in people.

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  5. Psychology

    Smiles tweaked by AI can boost attraction, a speed-dating study shows

    Using face filters to alter expressions manipulated feelings of attraction, raising questions about how such technology may influence social interactions.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Limiting sugar in infancy reduces the risk of diabetes and hypertension

    Children who experienced sugar rationing during World War II were less likely to develop some chronic illnesses as adults than those with no rationing.

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  7. Science & Society

    Using AI, historians track how astronomy ideas spread in the 16th century

    A new AI machine learning technique helped historians analyze 76,000 pages from astronomy textbooks spanning nearly two centuries.

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  8. Archaeology

    A race to save Indigenous trails may change the face of archaeology

    As construction of a pipeline nears, an effort to preserve an Indigenous trail in Canada tests whether heritage management can keep up with advances in archaeology.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Are synthetic food dyes bad for you? Here’s what the science says.

    California is banning them in schools. The FDA says they’re fine. But synthetic dyes added to food to make them more colorful have a long, troubled history.

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