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Why do people have recurring nightmares?
Glowing dye lets us peek inside growing bones and teeth
Ancient child’s grave holds intricate necklace with more than 2,000 stones
Why kids make the best amateur fossil hunters
How male tobacco budworm moths found their perfect cologne
Jellyfish may have been roaming the seas for at least 500 million years
How DNA evidence could help put the Long Island serial killer behind bars
Henrietta Lacks’ stolen cells changed medicine—and her family is finally getting compensated
Gemstones carry the tale of their geographic origins
Museums are filled with fake dinosaur fossils. See what it takes to make those replicas.
The world’s earliest bees may have called Gondwana home
Two full moons, colorful meteors, and an asteroid will light up August’s sky
Space junk is a precious treasure trove to some archaeologists
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Secrets of the early universe are hidden in this chill galaxy cluster
Recently awoken 46,000-year-old nematodes already have 100 generations of babies
150 million-year-old turtle ‘pancake’ found in Germany
Giganotosaurus vs. T. rex: Who would win in a battle of the big dinosaurs?
What it takes to display a 176,000-pound space shuttle in a launch configuration
New dinosaur species is nicknamed Jurassic’s ‘smallest runner’
Eavesdropping on pink river dolphins could help save them
Machu Picchu was home to ancient people from all over South America
A new kind of thermal imaging sees the world in striking colors
Scientists build intricate Neolithic family tree from 7,000-year-old DNA
Mass coral reef bleaching in Florida as ocean temperatures hit 100 degrees
Robot limbs could keep satellite plasma thrusters at an arm’s length
Dust clumps around a young star could one day form planets
5 space robots that could heal human bodies—or even grow new ones
How epic wind tunnels on Earth make us better at flying through space
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A flightless parrot is returning to mainland New Zealand after a 40-year absence
Scientists accidentally capture metals ‘healing’ themselves
Leftovers of a 2,000-year-old curry discovered on stone cooking tools
The key to bringing deep sea samples up to the coast? An underwater freezer.
Why the creators of ‘Jaws’ regretted making sharks the monsters
‘Brainwashing’ parasites inherit a strange genetic gap
Smashed asteroid surrounded by a ‘cloud’ of boulders
Greenland’s ice sheets aren’t as old—or as resilient—as scientists expected
What causes motion sickness—and how to avoid it
Paleontologists discover two new sabertooth cat species
Chronic constipation could be a sign of a worsening health condition
‘Barbie’ reminds us that pink is a power color for everyone
This fungi-based substance might protect homes from ever-worsening wildfires
Dinosaurs survived one mass extinction, but then their luck ran out
A javelin-like stick shows early humans may have been keen woodworkers
New image reveals a Jupiter-like world that may share its orbit with a ‘twin’
Astronomers spy cosmic dust, with a twist, from the very early universe
Before humans ate chickens, we treasured them as exotic pets
Alaska’s Shishaldin Volcano spews 5.5-mile-high ash cloud
How astronomers traced a puzzling signal to a lunchtime mistake
Benjamin Franklin used science to protect his money from counterfeiters
This badger-like mammal may have died while trying to eat a dinosaur
These meat-eating plants are masters of deception
How old is the universe? Our answer keeps getting more precise.
Hungry green sea turtles have eaten in the same seagrass meadows for about 3,000 years
This giant solar power station could beam energy to lunar bases
A Jupiter-sized dwarf star burns half as hot as a campfire
How scientists decide if they’ve actually found signals of alien life
Extinct snub-nosed gator had big teeth for crushing snails
Genetically modified trees could mean more sustainable wood
Check out NASA’s fun new electric vans
Mighty saber-toothed cats and dire wolves probably had achy joints
NASA rover finds evidence of carbon-based chemistry in Martian crater
FDA approves first over-the-counter birth control pill in the US