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What may be one of Earth’s earliest animals has a punk rock vibe

Being a punk rocker means being perpetually misunderstood. So perhaps it’s vindication that that some seafloor fossils,...

More young U.S. adults report trouble with memory and focus

More U.S. adults than ever report having serious trouble concentrating, remembering or making decisions. In 2023, more...

Microplastics Could Be Weakening Your Bones, Research Suggests

Microplastics could be a factor in driving up cases of osteoporosis worldwide, according to recently published research....

What Is Thirst?

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Water is the most fundamental need for all...

Inside the Nuclear Bunkers, Mines, and Mountains Being Retrofitted as Data Centers

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.It’s a sunny June day in...

The LA Fires Spewed Out Toxic Nanoparticles. He Made It His Mission to Trace Them

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

Pasteurization destroys H5N1 bird flu in milk

Pasteurization completely inactivates the H5N1 bird flu virus in milk — even if viral proteins linger. Drinking...

In a first, Huntington’s disease is slowed by an experimental treatment

Even hearing the phrase “Huntington’s disease” will make a room suddenly somber. So the joy that accompanied...

See a 3-D map of stellar nurseries based on data from the Gaia telescope

McKenzie Prillaman is a science and health journalist based in Washington, DC. She holds a bachelor’s...

Meet the ‘grue jay,’ a rare hybrid songbird

There was something strange about the turquoise-colored songbird flying around San Antonio in 2023. With its black-and-white...

5 More Physics Equations Everyone Should Know

In January I wrote a piece titled “5 Physics Equations Everyone Should Know.” Lots of you weighed...

Could These Eye Drops End the Need for Reading Glasses?

The Stats don’t lie: after age 65, most people will struggle to focus visually on close-up objects....
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