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The oldest known black hole formed more than 13.3 billion years ago

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

Now You Can Get Your Flu Vaccine at Home

Instead of going to the pharmacy to get the annual flu vaccine, many people in the US...

Cold Cuts Crossword

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A single protein makes lovesick flies spill their guts

Vomiting up a droplet of sugar might not seem like the most romantic gesture from a potential...

How alien ‘canals’ sparked debate over life on Mars

Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She...

Cosmic rays could, in theory, sustain life on other worlds

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

A glacier burst, flooding Juneau. Again. This one broke records

A glacial outburst has sent floodwaters rushing through the town of Juneau, Alaska, forcing residents to evacuate...

RFK Jr. Is Supporting mRNA Research—Just Not for Vaccines

This month, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced that it was canceling 22 contracts...

A 104-centimeter-long hair could rewrite recordkeeping in Inca society

The knotted, intricately braided string was like no other anthropologist Sabine Hyland had ever seen. Called a...

Sunlight is all that’s needed to keep these tiny aircraft aloft

Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She...

This Might Be the Most Massive Black Hole Ever Discovered

Astronomers have identified what could be a new supermassive black hole, and with an estimated mass 36...

Warm autumns could be a driver in monarch butterflies’ decline

Toastier fall weather might cause migrating monarch butterflies to wing it and change their flight plans, starting...
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