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This month’s scientific progress—good, bad, or simply strange.

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Orange Sunrise with Flowers and Fruits, a mixed-media triptych by Daniel Gordon Courtesy the artist and Nazarian / Curcio, Los Angeles A study in Laterality found that some greater white-fronted…

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Still-Life with Toaster, Coffee Pot and Cup; Painter’s Clothes; and The Small Hours, paintings by William Wright, whose work was on view in June as part of the exhibition Nocturnes,…

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“Girl Woman Lady,”“Cascade 2,”and“Running,” unique photographic reliefs (embossed gelatin silver photograms, fabric dye) from the series Rainbow Bruise by Klea McKenna © The artist. Courtesy EUQINOM Gallery, San Francisco Archaeologists…

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Photographs from the series Dogs Chasing My Car in the Desert, 1996–98, by John Divola, whose work was on view in May as part of the exhibition Hard Copy, at…

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“Yellow Towels #2, 1979” and “Amy, Phil, and Brian, 1980,” photographs by Tina Barney, from her book Tina Barney: The Beginning, which was published last year by Radius Books ©…

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“Effusion,” “Fluxitecture,” “Haven,” and “Heart(h),” photographs by David Garland, whose work is on view this month at Headstone Gallery, in Kingston, New York © The artist. Courtesy Headstone Gallery, Kingston,…

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Sparkling City with Egg Monuments #2, by Lari Pittman © The artist. Courtesy Lehmann Maupin In 2023, the hottest year on record, the number of unprovoked shark attacks remained level,…

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Photograms by Shao-Feng Hsu, from the series Night Swimming, in which he captures his breathing patterns while swimming under the new moon © The artist Off the Five Finger Islands,…

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Astronomers discovered a large planet that orbits an improbably small star every 3.7 days. A hyperbolic meteor from the Oort Cloud that may have undergone gravitational perturbation in its passage…

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The average American girl born in 2019 will take prescription drugs for more than half her life, former members of the U.S. Special Forces with various neuropsychiatric problems experienced positive…

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Temperance in Eden, a painting by Autumn Nelson © The artist. Courtesy Tyger Tyger Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina As the U.S. population ages, old people are committing more crimes. Positive…

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Researchers found that, over the course of an academic year, middle schoolers grew increasingly unpopular and more likely to misuse alcohol if they were considered unattractive and unathletic, and that…

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“Holding, Japanese Cypress, 1,” “Holding, Japanese Cypress, 2,” and “Holding, Japanese Cypress, 3,” photographs by Melanie Schiff © The artist. Courtesy the artist and Night Gallery, Los Angeles   Global…

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The door to the other world is always open, by Aaron Gilbert © The artist. Courtesy the artist and Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles   The rate of society’s moral…

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Strata-25E, Strata-26B, and Strata-25C, watercolors by Mikael Hallstrøm © The artist Australian scientists from the Whales and Climate Research Program asserted that whales cannot, after all, significantly mitigate atmospheric carbon.…

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Betty 11 and Betty 10, knit installations by Mulyana, whose work was on view in April at the USC Fisher Museum of Art, in Los Angeles © The artist. Courtesy…

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To be titled, a painting by Marc Padeu, whose work was on view in April at Peres Projects, in Milan, Italy. Courtesy the artist and Peres Projects Five-year-olds will believe…

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Artificial intelligence researchers estimated that, among categories of domestic labor, grocery shopping is the most automatable and childcare the least.

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“99 Moons No. 151,” “99 Moons No. 83,” “99 Moons No. 60,” by Claire A. Warden, whose work is on view as part of the exhibition Under the Sun and…

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I Might Just Listen, It Won’t Be Good, and How Did I Miss That?, miniature sculptures by Lydia Ricci, whose work is on view at the Berman Museum of Art,…

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Atmospheric warming is shrinking the diurnal temperature range, the septic systems of Nags Head are failing as sea levels rise, and PFAS are damaging the immune systems of Cape Fear…

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Let it Rice, Let it Rice, Let it Rice and Stuck in an Egg Tart, paintings by Chang Ya Chin, whose work is on view this month with Half Gallery…

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“Final Shot,” a photograph by Evan Robidoux, whose work was on view in September at Pace Gallery, in New York City © The artist. Courtesy Pace Gallery, New York City…

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The increasing conservatism that comes with age is largely a consequence of raising children; small children, but not macaques and capuchins, can perceive faces in inanimate objects; and psychopathic traits,…

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“Sundial with Prism,” “Sundial with Compass,” and “A Variety of Colors Created with the Shadow of a Prism #4 (Color Separation with Three Black and White Paper Negatives),” photographs by…

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Photographs by Brenda Biondo, whose work is on view through September with the Center for Fine Art Photography at the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art at Colorado State University, in…

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All the Living Things IV, Sunflowers, and Sun and Birds, mixed-media artworks by Emma Larsson, whose work is on view at Simard Bilodeau Contemporary, in Los Angeles © The artist.…

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