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It masquerades as malignant. But this bone-covered tumor is benign

Carly Kay is the Fall 2025 science writing intern at Science News. She holds a bachelor’s degree in...

Physics theories about the multiverse are stranger than fiction

Sci-fi loves a multiverse. Everyone from Rick and Morty to Spider-Man has stepped through a portal and...

Seismometers can track falling space junk

As part of the Chinese spacecraft Shenzhou-15 tumbled back to Earth, its disintegration was tracked by a...

A spot in the base of the brain has a love of language

The brain’s “little brain” may hold big promise for people with language trouble. Tucked into the base...

Animals experience joy. Scientists want to measure it

Citations S.L. Winkler et al. Bonobos tend to behave optimistically after hearing laughter. Scientific Reports. Published online...

The US Is In For Another Bad Year of Measles Cases

Measles cases in the United States reached their highest level in more than 30 years in 2025,...

What We Know About the Winter Storm About to Hit the US—and What We Don’t

Over the past weekend, when weather models first started forecasting a winter storm that would sweep over...

A massive cosmic ring may challenge a key assumption about the universe

PHOENIX — An abnormally huge cosmic structure has put a ring on it — and that bling...

This hand stencil in Indonesia is now the oldest known rock art

A stencil made on a cave wall about 67,800 years ago is the oldest rock art ever...

Physicists discovered neutrinos 70 years ago. The ghostly particles still have secrets to tell

Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She...

The AI Boom Will Increase US Carbon Emissions—but It Doesn’t Have To

As the world keeps warming and electricity bills take center stage in national politics, the data center...

‘Veronika’ Is the First Cow Known to Use a Tool

Justice for Far Side cartoonist Gary Larson: A team of scientists has observed, for the first time,...
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