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Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Noted enemy-of-the-press Donald Trump is attending the White House Correspondents’ Dinner this year. Everybody say “Dear God, no.” Trump has not attended the event since becoming president for the first time in 2016. “In honor of our Nation’s 250th Birthday, and the fact that these ‘Correspondents’ now admit that I am truly…

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Honeybees understand basic math | Popular Science

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. The brain of a honeybee (Apis mellifera) weighs less than one milligram and contains fewer than one million neurons, but that may be more than enough for surprisingly complex calculations. For decades, cognitive researchers and biologists have debated just…

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2,000-year-old Roman bread discovered under construction site

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. The entire field of archaeology hinges on what can withstand the test of time. This typically means that most excavations center on hard evidence including structural remains, pottery, weapons, or metalwork. Occasionally, researchers discover something softer that’s been preserved…

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