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(Science Photo Library/Brand X Pictures/Getty Images) A double hit on the joints.ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.

AI-generated impression of a nanosphere levitated in an optical tweezer inside an optical cavity, where its motion becomes entangled with light. (Francesco Marin/OpenAI) Because of course they did.ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.

(David Merron Photography/Moment RF/Getty Images) An unprecedented gap in Antarctic sea ice. ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.

(Catherine Falls Commercial/Moment/Getty Images) Encouraging early results.ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.

(Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank RF/Getty Images) It's not for everyone.ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.

The glow of deuterium and lithium inside Tokamak Energy's ST40 fusion reactor. (Tokamak Energy/YouTube) Look at this spectacular nonsense.ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.

(urbazon/E+/Getty Images) We are social creatures.ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.

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Human cerebral organoids in a laboratory flask. (NIAID/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0) Oh good.ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.

(AscentXmedia/iStock/Getty Images Plus) Horror in slow motion.ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.

Another quantum step forward.ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.

It's reached a "critical threshold".ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.

Could it change how you feel without a single sip?ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.

A toxic legacy.ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.

Something to consider. ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.

Time for a check up.ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.

What is going on?ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.

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A neuroscience breakthrough.ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.

Astronomers found 84 powerful cosmic objects hiding in a kind of light our telescopes can barely detect.ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.