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To build a better roof coating, try vanadium oxide.

Is this thing on?

Plutonium cores, or pits, are the triggers for thermonuclear weapons.

Residents of Badin are confronting the fallout from decades of racism, mismanagement, and pollution.

Instead of looking at one single genome, researchers are mapping out "a network of possibilities.”

Birds aren't mocking you when they stick out their tongue. A new fossil discovery gives clues to what the ancient behavior might mean.

Watch this robotic hand grab hold of an egg, fruits, a large plastic container, and a jug of orange juice.

Climate change-induced heat waves in the Great Plains might be at play.

Go beyond email.

A Canadian experiment is good news for efforts to make seafood safer.

Months of evidence show the shots are safe for those who are pregnant or considering pregnancy.

Stay on message.

The focus for now is on lane lines, which are a key part of the future of transportation.

Unmanned vessels like Saildrone and MANTAS can expand the Navy’s understanding of the oceans as potential battlefields.

Sometimes you don't want to be reminded.

The Parker Solar Probe passed within 6.5 million miles of the sun's surface—and NASA wants to fly it even closer.

Cutesy, shiny paper goes where most everything glittery goes: the landfill.

Should I stay or should I go?

Electrons typically flow through transistors in parallel to the chip surface, but what if the transistors were flipped sideways?

Chlorpyrifos was finally banned in 2021—but agricultural groups are speaking out.