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The Vera Rubin Observatory is ready to revolutionize astronomy

At 3 a.m. on a crisp May night in Chile, all seemed well with the world’s largest...

Meet Wukong, the AI Chatbot China Has Installed on Its Space Station

The latest addition to China’s Tiangong space station is an AI chatbot with expertise in navigation and...

mRNA vaccines hold promise for many diseases. Now the tech is under fire 

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

These giant carnivorous bats hug, cuddle — and even share dinner

Even for the world’s largest carnivorous bat, a hug is the best hello. Spectral bats are far...

A dying star revealed its heart 

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

Arkansas Hosts the Planet’s Only Public Diamond Mine

In southwest Arkansas, the state government runs what might be the world’s most unusual diamond mine. For...

Scientists Just Caught Human Embryo Implantation on Camera

A team of researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) in Spain has succeeded, for...

Measure blood sugar with a grain of salt

Nicole Spartano does not have diabetes. But the Boston University epidemiologist has occasionally worn a continuous glucose...

FEMA Now Requires Disaster Victims to Have an Email Address

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will now require disaster survivors to register for federal aid using...

Government Staffing Cuts Have Fueled an Ant-Smuggling Boom

It’s hard to keep track of all the ways that the United States has changed since Donald...

See how fractals forever changed math and science

Fifty years ago, “fractal” was born. In a 1975 book, the Polish-French-American mathematician Benoit B. Mandelbrot coined...

Could babies get bird flu through breast milk? Maybe, a study hints

Human breast tissue may be capable of hosting — and passing on — bird flu. Human mammary...
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