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A Popular Decongestant Doesn’t Work. The FDA Is Finally Doing Something About It

In a long-sought move, the US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday formally began the process of...

Invasive Species Are Threatening the Quality of New York’s Tap Water

This story originally appeared on Inside Climate Science and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.The quality...

Fire-prone neighborhoods on the fringes of nature are rapidly expanding

People are flocking to nature’s doorstep, and into wildfire territory. Homes constructed where human development meets undeveloped...

A cosmic census triples the known number of black holes in dwarf galaxies

A colossal census of the cosmos has more than tripled the number of active black holes known...

Starship’s Next Launch Could Be Just Two Weeks Away

Less than a month has passed since the historic fifth flight of SpaceX’s Starship, during which the...

Meet Chonkus, the mutant cyanobacteria that could help sink climate change

Stand back, ordinary ocean-dwelling, oxygen-spewing organisms: There’s a new green, hulkish mutant in town. And hefty UTEX...

Bees flying near cars are dying by the millions, a roadkill study suggests

Tens of millions of bees are likely being killed each day by vehicles — and that’s just...

A star winked out of sight. Could it be a ‘failed supernova’? 

Some massive stars may go out with a fizzle, not a bang. A star that winked out...

For deep-diving whales, plastic garbage may ‘sound’ like food

In the ocean’s abyss, deep-diving whales use echolocation to hunt in pitch dark. Emitting sounds that bounce...

‘The Power of Prions’ explores misfolded proteins’ role in brain diseases

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

States’ Abortion Rights Wins May Be Short-Lived Under a Second Trump Term

When the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, it ended the constitutional right...

A digital exam reels in engraved scenes of Stone Age net fishing

Rare depictions of Stone Age net fishing have surfaced on engraved stones thanks to an imaging technique...
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