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50 years on, Lucy still sparks our curiosity

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

Standing Desks Are Better for Your Health—but Still Not Enough

Without question, inactivity is bad for us. Prolonged sitting is consistently linked to higher risks of cardiovascular...

What Lee Zeldin’s Nomination Means for the EPA

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.After president-elect Donald Trump...

The world’s largest coral was discovered in the South Pacific

Off the coast of the Solomon Islands lurks a centuries-old being that is so immense, it can...

How to Design a Real-Life Hot Wheels Loop

Hot Wheels was one of those all-time classic toys. The original cars were tiny versions of real...

The First Crispr Treatment Is Making Its Way to Patients

Nearly a year after its approval, the first medical treatment that uses the Nobel Prize–winning technology Crispr...

A first look at rocks from the lunar farside create a volcanic mystery

The first samples from the farside of the moon contain signs of surprising volcanic activity near the...

22 pesticides show links to prostate cancer

Nearly two dozen pesticides are associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer in the United States,...

Stray DNA is all around us. It could revolutionize conservation

On a warm, sunny day in April, biologists David Duffy and Jessica Farrell prepare to motor down...

Scientists Have Pushed the Schrödinger’s Cat Paradox to New Limits

In the world of quantum physics, another record appears to have just been broken. In a paper...

Researchers seek, and find, a magical illusion for the ears

Close your eyes and imagine a sound, someone’s voice, coming from your left. It slowly shifts to...

Lizard spit can help detect a rare pancreatic tumor

A molecule in lizard saliva may make it easier to find certain tumors in the pancreas. Insulinomas...
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