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The ‘Bone Collector’ Doesn’t Play With Its Food. It Wears It.
Hawaii is a beautiful tropical paradise and also home to formidable creepy crawly predators. There are spiders that impale prey in midair and venomous centipedes that can stretch nearly 15 inches long. And then there are the carnivorous caterpillars ...
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A Roman Gladiator and a Lion Met in Combat. Only One Walked Away.
Gladiators battled lions and other wild animals in the arenas of the Roman Empire. But for all the tales of glorious combat depicted in ancient texts, marble reliefs and mosaics and then retold in movies and other modern media, archaeologists have ...
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The Physics of the Perfect Pour Over
Scientists used fluid dynamics to learn how to get the most flavor from pour-over coffee.
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How Bats Enjoy an In-Flight Beverage Service
Bats are not only masters of aerodynamic flight — they’re skillful at multitasking while flying, too.
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The Lyrids Meteor Shower Is Peaking. Here’s How to Watch.
Active since last week, the shower is formed from a comet’s debris and is forecast to produce the most fireballs overnight.
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A Fireball Near Mexico City Lit Up the Sky and the Internet
The glowing object was a bolide, fireballs that explode in a bright flash, according to experts. It streaked across Mexico’s predawn skies on Wednesday.
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It Took a Century to Find This Colossal Squid
An expedition spotted a baby of the species in the South Sandwich Islands. This cephalopod can grow to more than 20 feet and has proved elusive in its deep-sea environs.
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National Science Foundation Terminates Hundreds of Active Research Awards
The agency targeted grants focused on diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as research on misinformation.
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Hidden Above a Trap Door, 17th-Century Frescoes Come to Light
Imagine mounting a scaffold in the atrium of a historic Roman estate. You spy a small trap door in the vaulted ceiling; on inspection the hatch opens into a cavity between the new ceiling and an older one. In the older ceiling is a second trap door ...
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U.S. Military Says Its Air Campaign Has Hit More Than 800 Targets in Yemen
President Trump ordered a start to the strikes against the Houthis on March 15. Congressional officials say the campaign has cost well over $1 billion.
Chubby Checker, Outkast and the White Stripes Will Join the Rock Hall
Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, Bad Company and Soundgarden — but not Oasis or Phish — are also part of the 40th anniversary class.
‘Dead Outlaw’ Review: This Bandit Has Mummy Issues
A truly twisted yarn about a long-lived corpse makes a surprisingly feel-good Broadway musical.
International Students Worry Even as Trump Temporarily Restores Some Legal Statuses
Students and their immigration lawyers say they were relieved for the temporary reprieve, but emphasized that it was just that — temporary.
19 States Sue the Trump Administration Over Its D.E.I. Demand in Schools
The Trump administration threatened to withhold federal funding from states that did not enforce its interpretation of civil rights law.