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Looking back on the year in science and what’s next

Nancy Shute is editor in chief of Science News Media Group. Previously, she was an editor...

AI sniffs out whiskey flavor notes as well as the pros

Humans’ noses can be adept at detecting delicate hints of apple or smoke in a glass of...

A new microbead proves effective as a plastic-free skin scrubber

A new degradable microbead could soon replace plastic exfoliants in skin cleansers. The polymer spheres effectively remove...

NASA Postpones Return of Stranded Starliner Astronauts to March

NASA has again postponed the return to Earth of Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams, the astronauts stranded...

What will space exploration look like under Trump?

The future of U.S. space exploration and NASA-funded science is up in the air as President-elect Donald...

CDC Confirms First US Case of Severe Bird Flu

The United States has now seen dozens of human bird flu cases this year, all of them...

Here’s how public health fared in 2024

The world faced many public health challenges this year, including dangerous heat waves and outbreaks of the...

Scotch tape is key to creating thin films of diamond 

Scotch tape is great for wrapping presents — and for science, too.  With some Scotch tape...

These are our favorite animal stories of 2024

From superpowered bees to theatrical snakes, these reports from the animal kingdom drove us wild in 2024....

The Study That Called Out Black Plastic Utensils Had a Major Math Error

Editors of the environmental chemistry journal Chemosphere have posted an eye-catching correction to a study reporting toxic...

Generative AI and Climate Change Are on a Collision Course

In 2025, AI and climate change, two of the biggest societal disruptors we're facing, will collide.The summer...

Archaeology’s top discoveries of 2024 include preserved brains and a lost city

Grizzly details about ancient child sacrifices, a map of a lost city in the Amazon and the...
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