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A Shark Discovery ‘Didn’t Look Right.’ It Might Have Been a Plastic Toy.

Scientists have retracted a study that showed a rare goblin shark washed up on a Greek beach after other researchers…

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The First 3-D Printed Rocket Fails Shortly After Launch

Relativity Space, a private company with ambitions for sending people to Mars, made it off the launchpad, but the vehicle…

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At Long Last, a Donkey Family Tree

The donkey is a key, if increasingly marginalized, character in human history. Once venerated, the animal has been an object…

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No, Female Mice Are Not More Erratic

A new study challenges a century-old assumption used to exclude female mice from scientific research because of their hormonal cycles.

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After Long Delay, Moderna Pays N.I.H. for Covid Vaccine Technique

Moderna has paid $400 million to the government for a chemical technique key to its vaccine. But the parties are…

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Cocaine Bear, Meet Cannabis Raccoon and McFlurry Skunk

Wild animals eat the strangest things. That can be a problem, for them and for us.

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A Doodle Reveals da Vinci’s Early Deconstruction of Gravity

When Leonardo da Vinci wasn’t painting a masterpiece or dreaming up flying machines, he was pondering the mysteries of gravity.…

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For the First Time, Genetically Modified Trees Have Been Planted in a U.S. Forest

Living Carbon, a biotechnology company, hopes its seedlings can help manage climate change. But wider use of its trees may…

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Webb Telescope Spots a Distant Spiral Galaxy Like Our Own

LEDA 2046648 has an eerie resemblance to our Milky Way galaxy, but it likes a billion light-years away.

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Cockatoos Know How to Pick the Right Tools for the Job

The job, in these experiments, was getting a cashew out of a puzzle box.

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