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What your houseplants’ yellowing leaves are dying to tell you
Multiple species of Rhododendron thrive by taking turns to bloom
To set the record straight: Nothing can break the speed of light
The first honeybee vaccine could protect the entire hive, starting with the queen
9 stunning pictures of the microscopic realm
Researchers found what they believe is a 2,000-year-old map of the stars
Could quantum physics unlock teleportation?
This weird dwarf planet at the edge of our solar system has a new origin story
This space-adapted solar panel can fold like origami
JWST give a new look at the Pillars of Creation’s majestic explosion of young stars
How astronauts pull off dangerous spacewalks
An insect-eating fungus could help us fight viruses—and now we know how to grow it
Refining the clock’s second takes time—and lasers
Giant ostrich-like dinosaurs give us a glimpse of ancient North America
Neanderthal genomes reveal family bonds from 54,000 years ago
A COVID strain was engineered in a Boston lab. Here’s why you shouldn’t panic.
Mind-controlling ‘zombie’ parasites are real
The Brilliant 10: The top up-and-coming minds in science
6 surprising ways animals are adapting to a human-dominated world
Is it OK to drink blood?
Why we turn stars into constellations
Look up! NASA’s asteroid-hunting spacecraft will slingshot past Earth this weekend.
Geologists are searching for when the Earth took its first breath
Balloon bots might help uncover Venus’ hazy secrets
This dinosaur ended up mummified thanks to an ancient crocodile attack
What spun this exquisite deep-space ‘spider web’? (Hint: not aliens.)
You can’t control your height, but 12,000 genetic variants probably do
Our long childhoods could be linked to food-gathering skills
NASA is pumped about its asteroid-smacking accuracy
What would happen if the Milky Way died?
Billions of years ago, Mars may have been bustling with climate-changing microbes
4 of the most extreme amusement park rides on the planet
These Amazon Prime Day Early Access telescope deals are stellar
Who invented music?
A new VR exhibit takes you inside the James Webb Space Telescope’s images
Despite longer hunting seasons, Idaho’s wolf population could be holding steady
Nicole A. Mann becomes first Native American woman in space
A meteor shower and Hunter’s Moon will light the night the sky this weekend
Watch what can happen when killer whales tangle with great white sharks
La Niña hits Sydney with record-breaking rain
X-ray vision adds a whole new layer to James Webb Space Telescope images
How researchers leveled up worm silk to be tougher than a spider’s
How do blue whales find food? They check the weather.
These islanders live and thrive alongside lava
This US Space Force telescope in Australia will keep tabs on unusual satellite activity
One secret to excellent memory in old age? Giant neurons.
The key to tastier beer might be mutant yeast—with notes of banana
This pterosaur ancestor was a tiny, flightless dog-like dinosaur
Bees choose violence when attempting honey heists
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry just went to 3 scientists who simplified reactions in the lab
Engineers made synthetic alien lava to understand uninhabitable worlds
High-speed rail trains are stalled in the US—and that might not change for a while
The Biden administration plans to expand abortion access in all states
Quantum entanglement theorists win Nobel Prize for loophole-busting experiments
Here’s how life on Earth might have formed out of thin air and water
Dinosaur-killing asteroid created a tsunami with 2-mile-high waves
Below Madagascar, cave divers surface secrets of the past
SpaceX and NASA are studying how to bump Hubble into higher orbit
Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to scientist who sequenced Neanderthal genome
Fish got their jaws millions of years earlier than previously thought
Renewable energy could be the key to hurricane-proofing Puerto Rico’s power grid
7 ways to support a kid who wants to care for animals
We just got our most detailed look yet at Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa
The arctic tundra’s fall foliage is as vibrant as it is short-lived
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