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It’s Looking More Likely NASA Will Fly the Artemis II Mission

Late Saturday night, technicians at Kennedy Space Center in Florida moved the core stage for NASA’s second...

A nearly century-old dead date palm tree helped solve an ancestry mystery

What the island nation of Cape Verde cherishes as its own distinctive kind of date palm is...

A tardigrade protein helped reduce radiation damage in mice

A protein found in tardigrades — tiny animals less than a millimeter long — can protect mice...

Tuberculosis could be eradicated. So why isn’t it?

Everything Is TuberculosisJohn GreenCrash Course Books, $28 A few years ago, renowned author John Green met...

Scientists Observe Carbon Dioxide on Planets Outside the Solar System for the First Time

Carbon dioxide has been detected on a planet outside our solar system for the first time. The...

How to Delete Your Data From 23andMe

Genetic testing company 23andMe, once a Silicon Valley darling valued at $6 billion, filed for Chapter 11...

How silicon turns tomato plants into mean, green, pest-killing machines

Silicon powers more than electronics: In tomato plants, it fuels a complex defense system that could help...

Buying carbon credits to fight climate change? Here’s what to know

Taylor Swift may not be the first person who comes to mind when you think about climate...

A deep brain stimulation volunteer discusses life after depression

In this bonus episode of The Deep End, listen to an interview with Jon Nelson. He’ll share...

The Chaos of NIH Cuts Has Left Early-Career Scientists Scrambling

Nada Fadul’s love for science and medicine began early. As a child, the aspiring physician-scientist had observed...

Scientists Scan Mysterious Planet as It Drifts Through Space

Not every large object in space forms part of a solar system. There are some big objects...

A Math Couple Solves a Major Group Theory Problem—After 20 Years of Work

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.In 2003, a German graduate student named Britta...
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