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Piping Up at the Gates of Dawn

Since the James Webb Space Telescope began operating two years ago, astronomers have been using it to leapfrog one another…

Are We Loving Our Pets to Death?

Pet owners are treating their animal charges ever more like humans. But that isn’t good for pets, or for us,…

‘Tiny Crime Fighters With Wings’: Bees Go to Work on a Virginia ‘Body Farm’

By studying bees and their honey near decomposing human tissue, researchers at George Mason University hope to give crime scene…

How Flounder Wound Up With an Epic Side-Eye

Flatfish offer an evolutionary puzzle: How did one eye gradually migrate to the other side?

Leaping Leeches! Watch These Bloodsuckers Jump.

There has long been anecdotal evidence of the wormy creatures taking to the air, but videos recorded in Madagascar at…

Lokiceratops, a Horned Dinosaur, May Be a New Species

Researchers analyzed a skull found in Montana of a plant-eating member of the ceratops family, finding distinct traits.

How to Make 3,000-Year-Old Beer

An amateur brewer in Utah gathered rare figs and a strain of yeast from 850 B.C. to make a sour,…

Do We Need Language to Think?

A group of neuroscientists argue that our words are primarily for communicating, not for reasoning.

Get Ready for the Longest Day of the Year in the Northern Hemisphere

We have Earth’s off-kilter tilt to thank for the summer solstice, as well as the different seasons.

Titan Disaster Forces Global Rethinking of Deep Sea Exploration

A year after the first deaths of divers who ventured into the ocean’s sunless depths, an industry wrestles with new…

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