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Older galaxies are more chaotic
A 3,200-megapixel digital camera is ready for its cosmic photoshoot
The fascinating truth about killer whales
Experimental treatment grows livers from lymph nodes
Spider conversations decoded with the help of machine learning and contact microphones
Why chickens probably crossed the Silk Road
We were very wrong about birds
April skygazing: A total solar eclipse, a meteor shower, and the Pink Moon
A brief history of chairs in astronomy
New tiny gecko species named after Vincent van Gogh
How to photograph solar eclipse: The only guide you need
How these feathery ‘memory geniuses’ remember where they stashed their food
Cracking open a 117-year-old Antarctic milk time capsule
Scientists recreate the face of an ancient Chinese emperor
Japan’s SLIM moon lander survives a second brutal lunar night
Rare traces of tooth decay and gum disease found in Bronze Age teeth
This is the most cosmically perfect time in history
The allure and dangers of experimenting with brain-dead bodies
How to photograph the eclipse, according to NASA
Don’t miss your chance to see the cryovolcanic ‘devil comet’
These birds appear to be signaling ‘after you’
Carl Sagan in 1986: ‘Voyager has become a new kind of intelligent being—part robot, part human’
Why we die: Lessons on genes from a lowly worm
The buried treasure that helped take us to the moon
New fluffy longhorn beetle discovered in Australia
New evidence suggests dogs may ‘picture’ objects in their minds, similarly to people
Vernor Vinge, influential sci-fi author who warned of AI ‘Singularity,’ has died
Paleontologists uncover enormous fossilized river dolphin skull in Peru
New proto-amphibian species named after Kermit the Frog
NASA needs your smartphone during April’s solar eclipse
How crafty orca whales hunt near submarine canyons
NASA’s asteroid blaster turned a space rock into an ‘oblong watermelon’
Bronze Age village was ‘pretty cozy’—until Britain’s Pompeii
AI-generated nonsense is leaking into scientific journals
EPA rule finally bans the most common form of asbestos
New genetic tools have dramatically changed wildlife conservation
Kissing and eating during the Stone Age ‘could be lethal’
Nature wasn’t healing: What really happened with wildlife during pandemic lockdowns
For nearly $500,000, you too can have dinner in the ‘SpaceBalloon’ above Earth
Sadly, these live-streamed bald eagle eggs likely won’t hatch
Ireland was once home to deer with massive 12-foot antlers
Why do solar eclipses happen?
Uranus is a grizzly bear: Understanding planet mass using animals
‘Spectacular’ new orchid species is pollinated by moths
Scientists propose eating more python
Ancient Greece’s biggest port is older than we thought
Healthy reef soundscapes can help degraded coral reefs grow
Crypto scammers flooded YouTube with sham SpaceX Starship livestreams
Voyager, Chandrayaan, Curiosity: How do spacecraft get their names?
How citizen scientists are protecting ‘glass eels’
‘Space headaches’ could be a real pain for astronauts
Wildlife care staff wear fox masks to care for orphaned kit
When steering balls of poop, dung beetles use the stars to navigate
Sorry, Darwin: Most male mammals aren’t bigger than females
Cicadas pee in jet streams like bigger animals
New squid alert! 100+ species discovered off the coast of New Zealand
15 captivating photos of auroras seen from space
‘Alien’ signal was likely a very big truck
These extinct termites have been stuck in a mating position for 38 million years
Sandy ‘Reef Stars’ help bring life back to coral reefs hurt by dynamite fishing
These legless, egg-laying amphibians secrete ‘milk’ from their butts
World’s oldest known fossilized forest discovered in England
How lightning on exoplanets could make it harder to find alien life
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