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The Incredible Physics of Simone Biles’ Yurchenko Double Pike

Gymnastics is an extremely difficult sport, but some people make it look easy. Step forward Simone Biles, who hit...

Some ‘forever chemicals’ maybe absorbed through our skin

Forever chemicals are everywhere.  They’re in school uniforms, food packaging, cosmetics and personal care products (SNE: 11/18/22;...

Static electricity may help butterflies and moths gather pollen on the fly

Birds do it. Bees do it. Even butterflies and moths do it. As lepidopterans flutter their...

Earth’s jet stream helps create the seeds of clouds

Scientists have sussed out a new source for the seeds of clouds. When the stratospheric layer of...

Stopping cachexia at its source could reverse wasting from cancer

People with advanced cancers often feel like their bodies are wasting away. That’s because of cachexia, a...

The Purple Track at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games Has a Secret Ingredient

THIS STORY ORIGINALLY appeared on WIRED en Español and has been translated from Spanish.Traditionally, the athletics track...

Earth keeps breaking global heat records

Earth now is hotter than it’s been at any time in recorded history. Average global...

The New Gods of Weather Can Make Rain on Demand—or So They Want You to Believe

In the skies over Al Ain, in the United Arab Emirates, pilot Mark Newman waits for the...

The Bird Flu Threat Keeps Growing

Ongoing outbreaks of avian influenza have decimated poultry flocks and wild birds across the United States and...

Getting drugs into the brain is hard. Maybe a parasite can do the job

A mind-bending parasite may one day deliver drugs to the brain. Toxoplasma gondii is a single-celled parasite...

This intricate maze connects the dots on quasicrystal surfaces

This maze of jagged curls looks like something out of the world’s hardest puzzle book. How...

Uncovering Magnetism’s Mysterious Role in the Galaxy

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Amid the roilings of the Milky Way, immense...
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