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How Cinematherapy Helped Me Through a Midlife Crisis

I was standing at the precipice, a middle-aged woman, yearning for a new beginning and trying to...

Could a Cockroach Survive a Fall From Space?

I saw this post on Reddit: Would a cockroach survive a fall from the stratosphere? Oh, what...

The Long Quest for a Universal Flu Vaccine Finally Takes Its First Steps

It’s flu season. At state health departments and academic medical centers, and at the US Centers for...

How hummingbirds fly through spaces too narrow for their wings

Hummingbirds are natural acrobats, twisting their wings in ways that let them fly backward and upside down,...

Grassland and shrubland fires destroy more U.S. homes than forest fires

Forest fires can devastate vast swaths of land, but in the United States, another category of conflagrations...

The last 12 months were the hottest on record

The last 12 months were the hottest in 150 years of recordkeeping — and probably in the...

The FDA Approves Weight Loss Drug Zepbound, a Wegovy and Ozempic Rival

The blockbuster weight loss drug Wegovy has a new rival. Today, the US Food and Drug Administration...

EV Batteries Have a Dirty Secret. This Company Has a Plan to Clean Them Up

Here’s the inconvenient truth about your electric vehicle: Making its battery has a big impact on the...

Head lice hitched a ride on humans to the Americas at least twice

Lice have been bugging humans for as long as our species has been around, and the insects’...

New Jersey Keeps Newborn DNA for 23 Years. Parents Are Suing

When Hannah Lovaglio’s children were born, she didn’t think twice about the newborn health screening they received...

50 years ago, the first probe to visit Mercury launched

Excerpt from the November 10, 1973 issue of Science News ...

The Hidden, Awful Way That Climate Change Imperils Animals

Boom and bust don’t hit much harder than in the Bering Sea. After reaching historically high numbers,...
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