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How a Scientist and Cartoonist Envision Living on the Moon and Mars

By the 2030s, if NASA’s and other space agencies’ plans come to fruition, astronauts and the occasional...

A controversial room-temperature superconductor result has now been retracted 

A stunning claim of a room-temperature superconductor that grabbed headlines has fizzled. The paper was retracted November 7 from...

A Major Alarm Is Flashing Under Greenland’s Ice

Climate change would be much worse if it weren’t for the oceans, which have absorbed 90 percent...

Why scientists are expanding the definition of loneliness

For centuries, the Turkana pastoralists of northern Kenya have followed the water. Families once moved about 15...

The Euclid Space Telescope’s Spectacular First Photos of Distant and Hidden Galaxies

Scientists leading the European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope mission have just released its breathtaking first science...

The mysterious deaths of dozens of Zimbabwe’s elephants has been solved

Three years ago, dozens of African elephants mysteriously died in Zimbabwe. Now scientists have confirmed their killer:...

The CDC is expanding its disease surveillance of international travelers

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expanding how it tracks diseases among international travelers,...

Here’s how high-speed diving kingfishers may avoid concussions

Genetic tweaks in kingfishers might help cushion the blow when the diving birds plunge beak first into...

The World’s Broken Food System Costs $12.7 Trillion a Year

The United Nations has published a major new tally of the impact the world’s food system has...

The JWST Has Spotted Giant Black Holes All Over the Early Universe

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Years before she was even sure the James...

Why You Can’t Stop Reading About Daylight Saving Time

It was 15:37 (GMT) on a Thursday afternoon when we officially ran out of ideas. The request...

JWST spotted a new speedy jet stream in Jupiter’s atmosphere

New beauty shots of Jupiter, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, reveal a speedy jet stream...
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