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Mole or marsupial? This subterranean critter with a backward pouch is both

Evolving a dig-in-the-dark mole lifestyle comes with radical anatomical changes, making it hard even to guess the...

The US Has Bird Flu Vaccines. Here’s Why You Can’t Get One

As avian influenza rages through birds and dairy cattle across the United States, Georgia has become the...

Trump is withdrawing the U.S. from WHO. Here’s what that means 

Meghan Rosen is a staff writer who reports on the life sciences for Science News. She...

This Company Wants to Build a Space Station That Has Artificial Gravity

California-based Vast Space has big ambitions. The company is aiming to launch a commercial space station, the...

Galactic chaos at cosmic noon may have stunted Milky Way planet formation

The Milky Way keeps its planets close to its chest. Stars in a thin, flat disk bisecting...

A mysteriously large pterosaur finally has an identity

One pterosaur species gave itself quite the makeover as it grew older and larger. Scientists have spent...

Trump’s Plan to Leave the WHO Is a Health Disaster

In the summer of 2020, 15 recognized leaders in US public health gathered to author an article...

Trump’s Day One Executive Orders Will Worsen Climate Crisis

On his first day in office, President Trump has signed a slew of executive orders that will...

Unearthed ice may be the Arctic’s oldest buried glacier remnant

On a remote island in the Canadian Arctic, researchers have discovered the remains of an ancient glacier...

How Invasive Plants Are Fueling California’s Wildfire Crisis

Fire has always shaped the landscape in California. But today it burns hotter, more frequently, and spreads...

In chimpanzees, peeing is contagious

Hate waiting in line for the bathroom? Chimpanzees have a social solution: Go all at once. A...

There’s a New Way to Count Prime Numbers

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.A new proof has brought mathematicians one step...
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