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The Trump Administration’s Data Center Push Could Open the Door for New Forever Chemicals

In recent months, the Trump administration has opened a deregulatory floodgate in the name of building more...

Boeing’s Next Starliner Flight Will Only Be Allowed to Carry Cargo

The US space agency ended months of speculation about the next flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, confirming...

Cuddly koalas had a brutal, blade-toothed close cousin

The koalas clambering around eucalyptus canopies may be cuddly herbivores, but their extinct relatives were horrifying predators....

Boiling oceans may sculpt the surfaces of small icy moons

Small, icy moons might be boiling under their surface. Many moons in the outer solar system are...

This bright orange life-form could point to new dino discoveries

Tiny life-forms with bright colors might point the way to big dinosaur bone discoveries. In the badlands...

‘Butt breathing’ could help people who can’t get oxygen the regular way

Takanori Takebe is on a mission to find out if people can breathe through their butts. As...

Rats are snatching bats out of the air and eating them

Bats beware. The ability to fly won’t save you from hungry, determined rats. In a first, brown...

3,000 steps per day might slow Alzheimer’s disease

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

Game Theory Explains How Algorithms Can Drive Up Prices

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers...

A historic year for U.S. science

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

The Climate Impact of Owning a Dog

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.I’ve been a vegetarian...

Meet 5 scientists reshaping the way we understand the world

New scientific findings come out every day. Often, people only learn about the researchers behind some...
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