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Clams use fiber optics to channel sunlight to symbiotic algae

In a discovery that blurs the line between biology and technology, scientists have found that heart-shaped clams...

You Can Now Buy Lab-Grown Foie Gras

At an upscale sushi bar in New York last week, a smattering of media and policy types...

Youth tobacco use has gone down, but the work isn’t over

Citations A. Jamal et al. Tobacco product use among middle and high school students — National Youth...

Keeping weight off may be stymied by fat cells’ ‘memory’ of obesity

Fat tissue may commit weight to memory. For people living with obesity, losing weight can help reduce...

Some people don’t have a mind’s eye. Scientists want to know why

Growing up, Roberto S. Luciani had hints that his brain worked differently than most people. He didn’t...

Scientists Establish the Best Algorithm for Traversing a Map

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.If you’ve been making the same commute for...

These Rats Learned to Drive—and They Love It

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.We crafted our first rodent car...

Readers ask about self-correcting quantum computers, oobleck’s experimental value

Experimenting with food Mayonnaise’s texture is perfect for mimicking what a fuel capsule goes through...

50 years on, Lucy still sparks our curiosity

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

Standing Desks Are Better for Your Health—but Still Not Enough

Without question, inactivity is bad for us. Prolonged sitting is consistently linked to higher risks of cardiovascular...

What Lee Zeldin’s Nomination Means for the EPA

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.After president-elect Donald Trump...

The world’s largest coral was discovered in the South Pacific

Off the coast of the Solomon Islands lurks a centuries-old being that is so immense, it can...
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