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In 1998, animated insects skittered onto movie screens in <em>A Bug's Life </em>and<em> Antz. </em>

Seeing double: Near-identical films that came out at the same time

What happens when two studios are making the same movie and neither studio blinks?

Traditionally, pizza dough is made by allowing yeast to ferment the flour and water until air bubbles form in the dough. But scientists in Naples are developing a new approach – one that doesn't rely on yeast.

Italian scientists hacked pizza physics to make dough without yeast

Bread geeks, take note! The new technique, developed in a lab in Naples, involves the smart application of materials science and physics to make airy, bubbly dough without fermentation.

President Biden gives Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., the pen he used to sign The Inflation Reduction Act with Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., in the State Dining Room of the White House on Aug. 16, 2022.

Despite infighting, it's been a surprisingly productive 2 years for Democrats

Despite more than a handful of setbacks, President Biden has delivered on several major promises since 2021, some with bipartisan support. Those compromises could be harder with the new Congress.

Rich Osthoff and Sapphire, a pit bull who he said saved his life. Osthoff told NPR that Rep. George Santos launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise $3,000 for a surgery for the dog in 2016 â and then kept the money.

His dog was dying, and he needed help. He says he ended up swindled by George Santos

Rich Osthoff told NPR that Santos — who went by Anthony Devolder — set up a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for the veteran's dog in 2016. Santos never delivered the cash. The dog died months later.

Drugmaker HRA Pharma has asked the Food and Drug Administration to approve an over-the-counter birth control pill called Opill. The agency's review process is estimated to take about 10 months.

Over-the-counter birth control pills are available worldwide. The U.S. may be next

Birth control pills are available in the U.S. only with a prescription. Now a drugmaker is asking the FDA to approve a progestin-only contraceptive that would be available without one at pharmacies.

Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell, winners of the Oscar for Original Song for <em>No Time to Die</em>, have been invited to join The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Troy Kotsur, Billie Eilish and Ariana DeBose are invited to join Oscar's Academy

This year, the academy invited 397 artists, including actors, directors and people who play other roles in filmmaking.

How to roll out big ideas and avoid the Museum of Failure

A new book develops a science of scaling.

An older adult receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a temporary vaccination site on Dec. 7 in Chongqing, China. Concerns about effectiveness and safety have led to uncertainty about the COVID vaccine, notably among older citizens, whose vaccination rate is relatively low.

China's COVID vaccines: Do the jabs do the job?

As case counts surge in China, rumors circulate about the effectiveness and safety of the made-in-China vaccines in use there. Here's what we know about CoronaVac and Sinopharm.

NASA's Artemis I moon rocket sits at Launch Pad Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., in June.

After a delay, the next launch opportunity for NASA's giant moon rocket is Friday

The space agency's long-awaited Artemis I mission will have to wait until at least Friday, after a problem with one of the SLS rocket's engines was discovered.

School buses are parked outside Woodrow Wilson Middle School in City Heights, Aug. 29, 2017.

Report card: SDUSD reading scores steady, math scores decline

California public schools showed similar results, while public schools across the United States also saw declines in reading and math for both tested grade levels.

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