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CDC Confirms First US Case of Severe Bird Flu

The United States has now seen dozens of human bird flu cases this year, all of them...

Here’s how public health fared in 2024

The world faced many public health challenges this year, including dangerous heat waves and outbreaks of the...

Scotch tape is key to creating thin films of diamond 

Scotch tape is great for wrapping presents — and for science, too.  With some Scotch tape...

These are our favorite animal stories of 2024

From superpowered bees to theatrical snakes, these reports from the animal kingdom drove us wild in 2024....

The Study That Called Out Black Plastic Utensils Had a Major Math Error

Editors of the environmental chemistry journal Chemosphere have posted an eye-catching correction to a study reporting toxic...

Generative AI and Climate Change Are on a Collision Course

In 2025, AI and climate change, two of the biggest societal disruptors we're facing, will collide.The summer...

Archaeology’s top discoveries of 2024 include preserved brains and a lost city

Grizzly details about ancient child sacrifices, a map of a lost city in the Amazon and the...

A Third Person Has Received a Transplant of a Genetically Engineered Pig Kidney

An Alabama woman has become the third person to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically engineered...

Sheep earwax can record a dangerous diet

A bit of ear goop can reveal if sheep are eating dangerously poisonous plants. Earwax from sheep...

Antibodies Could Soon Help Slow the Aging Process

Normally, antibodies are protective proteins produced by our immune systems to fight bacteria or viruses. Their strength...

How Christmas Trees Could Become a Source of Low-Carbon Protein

In a polytunnel on the Scottish island of Bute, thousands of spindly Scots pine seedlings are growing....

Here are 8 remarkable scientific firsts of 2024

Each year, scientists break new ground in their quest to understand life and the mysteries of the...
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