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Octopuses Don’t Have Backbones — or Rights

Lab rats have rights. Before researchers in the United States can experiment on the animals, they need approval from committees…

Webb Telescope Sees a Carbon Dioxide Atmosphere Way Out There

The James Webb Space Telescope is having a fantastic rookie season. On Thursday a team of astrophysicists using the new…

White House Pushes Journals to Drop Paywalls on Publicly Funded Research

Academic journals will have to provide immediate access to papers that are publicly funded, providing a big win for advocates…

Will Your Dog Get Dementia? A Large New Study Offers Clues.

Around the time Dante turned 8, he started to seem a little off. The 70-pound Bernese mountain dog would pace…

The Latest Find as Water Levels Fall: Dinosaur Tracks in Texas

As a punishing drought grips parts of the world this summer, bodies of water have been drying up, exposing submerged…

How the Webb Telescope Expanded My Universe

I have a confession to make: I underestimated the James Webb Space Telescope. For years, as NASA struggled to build…

Your Doppelgänger Is Out There and You Probably Share DNA With Them

Charlie Chasen and Michael Malone met in Atlanta in 1997, when Mr. Malone served as a guest singer in Mr.…

Do You Believe Scientists, or Your Dog’s Crying Eyes?

If you’ve felt your eyes welling up when your dog greets you with licking and tail-wagging after a long day…

The Juicy Secrets of Stars That Eat Their Planets

The sun has nourished life on Earth, but it will not be so hospitable forever. Five billion years into the…

Forever Chemicals No More? PFAS Are Destroyed With New Technique

A team of scientists has found a cheap, effective way to destroy so-called forever chemicals, a group of compounds that…

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