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This experimental computer chip reuses energy

An experimental computer chip called Ice River can reuse the energy put into it, researchers say. A...

This ‘ghost shark’ has teeth on its forehead

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

Lung cancer plugs into the mouse brain

Once in the brain, lung cancer cells can plug themselves into the electrical circuitry there and grow,...

Enceladus’ ocean may not have produced precursor chemicals for life

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

An ancient reptile’s fossilized skin reveals how it swam like a seal

New insights into an ancient swimming reptile are more than skin deep. An analysis of a 240-million-year-old...

Elon Musk Is Out to Rule Space. Can Anyone Stop Him?

Just off the Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway, the hotel’s rooftop bar is open late. The bartender passes...

When cancer targets the young

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

Big Tech Dreams of Putting Data Centers in Space

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.The companies frantically building...

Distillation Can Make AI Models Smaller and Cheaper

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.The Chinese AI company DeepSeek released a chatbot...

Say Hello to the 2025 Ig Nobel Prize Winners

Does alcohol enhance one’s foreign language fluency? Do West African lizards have a preferred pizza topping? And...

RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Panel Votes Down Its Own Proposal to Require Prescriptions for Covid-19 Shots

On the second day of a pivotal vaccine meeting that was at times heated, confusing, and chaotic,...

Staying on the keto diet long term could carry health risks

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