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These sea creatures can fuse their bodies

In a Frankenstein-y feat, a small, gelatinous sea creature can merge its body with a neighbor’s. The...

To Be a Good Pregnancy Surrogate, It Helps to Be a Dominatrix First

Hiring someone to carry your baby to term is a booming business. The market for surrogacy is...

The discovery of microRNA wins the 2024 physiology Nobel Prize

An unexpected discovery about what made a tiny worm refuse to grow up has now led to...

This Homemade AI Drone Software Finds People When Search and Rescue Teams Can’t

When Charlie Kelly first messaged saying he wouldn’t make it home that night, his partner wasn’t happy....

‘Groups’ Underpin Modern Math. Here’s How They Work

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Mathematics started with numbers—clear, concrete, intuitive. Over the...

50 years ago, satellites threatened astronomers’ view of the cosmos

Satellites hampering radio astronomy — Science News, October 5, 1974 In the past, the...

Embracing the collective nature of science

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

Alcohol Plays a Major Role in New Cancer Cases

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.A little bit of alcohol was...

What You Need to Know Before You Freeze Your Eggs

“This is Marina. She leads a feminist organization.” This is how I am introduced at the entrance...

Taiwan Makes the Majority of the World’s Computer Chips. Now It’s Running Out of Electricity

This story originally appeared on Yale Environment 360 and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Some 50...

The US Is Loading Up on Bird Flu Vaccine

Amid a US outbreak of avian influenza in poultry flocks and dairy cattle, the federal government on...

A transatlantic flight may turn Saharan dust into a key ocean nutrient

As dust from the Sahara blows thousands of kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean, it becomes progressively more...
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