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Three reasons why the ocean’s record-breaking hot streak is devastating

Earth’s largest ecosystem is broiling. Every day for the last 12 months, the average temperature of most...

These Stone Age humans were more gatherer than hunter

Unlike many of their mostly meat-eating peers, a group of late Stone Age hunter-gatherers living in what...

The Mysterious ‘Dark’ Energy That Permeates the Universe Is Slowly Eroding

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Physicists have deduced subtle hints that the mysterious...

1 in 3 Americans Live in Areas With Dangerous Air Pollution

This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Within five...

Rain Bosworth studies how deaf children experience the world

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

Will stashing more CO2 in the ocean help slow climate change?

The ocean is Earth’s climate hero. For decades, ocean waters have helped hold back the juggernaut of...

‘Humanity’s spacecraft’ Voyager 1 is back online and still exploring

After months of challenging trouble-shooting and suspenseful waiting, Voyager 1 is once again talking to Earth. The...

Irregular bone marrow cells may increase heart disease risk

Lowering blood pressure and cholesterol levels, quitting smoking, managing diabetes: these evidence-backed approaches remain key ways to...

Traces of bird flu are showing up in cow milk. Here’s what to know

News that bird flu has been spreading between cows for months and that fragments of the virus...

Malaria parasites can evade rapid tests, threatening eradication goals

Over the last couple of decades, rapid diagnostic tests have emerged as a vital tool in the...

Noise pollution can harm birds even before they hatch

The raucous din of modern life can seriously mess with animals (SN: 2/9/15). Traffic noise can drown...

Rat cells grew in mice brains, and helped sniff out cookies

What does it feel like to be a rat? We will never know, but some very unusual...
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