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Humans have linked emotions to the same body parts for 3,000 years

Have you ever felt like there was a pit in your stomach? What about a flutter in...

The 2024 eclipse gave a rare view of the sun. Here’s a peek at early data

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Scientists threw everything they had at the sky during the solar eclipse that swept...

NASA’s Perseverance rover found a new potential setting for Martian life

WASHINGTON D.C. — The Perseverance Rover on Mars may have stumbled upon the oldest rocks humans have...

The ‘Blob,’ an unprecedented marine heat wave, killed 4 million seabirds

The tall, stony coastlines of the northeast Pacific Ocean are much quieter than they were just a...

Neandertal genes in people today came from hook-ups around 47,000 years ago

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

RFK Plans to Take on Big Pharma. It’s Easier Said Than Done

Last month, President-elect Donald Trump announced Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his choice to be the next...

These are the viruses that defined 2024

From mpox to bird flu and beyond, multiple infectious disease outbreaks flared up around the world this...

Earth’s inner core may be changing shape

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Earth’s inner core, a solid metal ball gyrating within the molten outer core, may...

Humans Will Continue to Live in an Age of Incredible Food Waste

Let me start with the following principle: “Energy is the only universal currency: One of its many...

The 2004 tsunami killed hundreds of thousands. Are we better prepared now?

Twenty years ago, the seafloor west of Indonesia abruptly pushed upward as a deep undersea fault, where...

The benefits of Ozempic and its kin may extend far beyond weight loss

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

U.S. hospitals continue to shut down labor and delivery services

More and more, people giving birth can’t count on their closest hospital having the specialized health care...
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