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New Report Finds Efforts to Slow Climate Change Are Working—Just Not Fast Enough

In the 10 years since the signing of the Paris Agreement, the backbone of international climate action,...

An ancient bone recasts how Indigenous Australians treated megafauna

Australia’s First Peoples were more early paleontologists than extinction-driving butchers, a group of scientists argue. For decades,...

A tiny, levitated glass sphere behaves like the hottest engine ever made

Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She...

Sperm From Older Men Have More Genetic Mutations

Human semen not only accumulates genetic mutations with age; as the percentage of sperm carrying potentially serious...

COVID-related smell loss may last years

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

Easter Island’s Moai Statues May Have Walked to Where They Now Stand

Easter Island statues, traditionally known as moai on the remote island of Rapa Nui in the South...

Mystery Object From ‘Space’ Strikes United Airlines Flight Over Utah

The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed Sunday that it is investigating an airliner that was struck by...

Guppies fall for a classic optical illusion. Doves, usually, do too

Duping a guppy is easier than duping a ring dove — at least when it comes to...

Even for elite athletes, the body’s metabolism has its limits

Ultra-endurance athletes triumph over staggering distances and harsh conditions. But one of their toughest foes may be...

AI Is Changing What High School STEM Students Study

In the early 2010s, nearly every STEM-savvy college-bound kid heard the same advice: Learn to code. Python...

Big questions on how food affects our health

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

A rice weevil frozen in flight won the 2025 Nikon Small World photo contest

Carly Kay is the Fall 2025 science writing intern at Science News. She holds a bachelor’s degree in...
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