Science
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These Starfish Face Extinction. Scientists Are Helping Them Mate.
Scientists estimate that more than 5 billion sunflower sea stars, once a mighty predator, have died in the Pacific Ocean…
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The Holmdel Horn, a Cosmic Shrine in New Jersey, Stays Put
The radio telescope that discovered the Big Bang has survived a real estate battle — for now.
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Watch the Orionids Meteor Shower Reach Its Peak Tonight
On any given night, far from bright city lights, there’s a chance that you’ll see a beautiful streak shoot across…
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If You’ve Ever Heard a Voice That Wasn’t There, This Could Be Why
With a ghostly finger in a lab, researchers coaxed people to hear phantom voices.
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These Amphibians Have a Taste for Their Mom’s Skin
Caecilians are the first amphibians known to pass on their microbiomes to their offspring.
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Deer Are Everywhere, but We Barely Know Them
A decade-old research project in Pennsylvania has been revealing the secret lives of familiar woodland mammals.
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Lab Leak Fight Casts Chill Over Virology Research
Scientists doing “gain-of-function” research said that heightened fears of lab leaks are stalling studies that could thwart the next pandemic…
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Robert Sapolsky Doesn’t Believe in Free Will. (But Feel Free to Disagree.)
There is no free will, according to Robert Sapolsky, a biologist and neurologist at Stanford University and a recipient of…
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How Megafires Are Remaking the World
On Aug. 15, a small wildfire was detected in the hills above West Kelowna, in British Columbia. The landscape was…
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NASA’s Psyche Mission to a Metal Asteroid Is Ready to Launch
The journey on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket has been delayed this week by poor weather conditions.