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There’s life beneath the snow, but it’s at risk of melting away

A soft, thick coat of snow makes a lot of the world seem to slow down or...

This detached hand robot has a thing for skittering on its fingertips

If The Addams Family was a science fiction show, “Thing” might look something like this. Researchers have...

‘In Botanical Time’ explores the ways Earth’s oldest plants cheat death

In Botanical TimeChristopher WoodsChelsea Green, $40.00 On a talus-strewn slope in eastern California’s mountains, a gnarled...

He Went to Prison for Gene-Editing Babies. Now He’s Planning to Do It Again

In 2018, a nervous-looking He Jiankui took the stage at a scientific conference in Hong Kong. A...

This tool-using cow defies expectations for bovine braininess

A deck brush can be a good tool for the right task. Just ask Veronika, the Brown...

The Search for Alien Artifacts Is Coming Into Focus

There’s no denying the allure of alien artifacts. Science fiction is awash in the material remnants of...

Capturing the Moment a White Dwarf Exploded

The Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA Array) at Georgia State University has generated detailed images...

This fish may play a hole in its head like a drum

For the rockhead poacher, the noises are all in its head.  The fish is a pint-size, unassuming...

A long-lost tectonic fragment may be shaking Northern California

An earthquake-generating chunk of tectonic plate has been discovered beneath Northern California. It’s attached to the bottom...

Math puzzle: The homesick rover

Far away, on a large, rocky exoplanet, a rover from Earth has just arrived on a...

How Does the Hive Mind Work in ‘Pluribus?

You know what’s great about a show like Pluribus? It’s that we don’t really know what’s going...

Animal personalities can play a big role in saving species

Citations C. Neto et al. Impact of behavioral differences on white-lipped peccary reintroduction success in the Atlantic...
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