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Some penguins save energy by riding ocean currents

Sometimes, the best thing for a penguin is to go with the flow. Magellanic penguins change their...

A dog’s taste for TV may depend on its temperament

Maybe your Pomeranian is a little too into The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. Your pit bull...

How hot can Earth get? Our planet’s climate history holds clues

Our species likes it cold. Homo sapiens evolved in — and still inhabits — one of Earth’s...

Where Are All the AI Drugs?

A new drug usually starts with a tragedy.Peter Ray knows that. Born in what is now Zimbabwe,...

Can US Measles Outbreaks Be Stopped?

The US is experiencing its worst year for measles in over three decades, with more than 1,300...

A newly discovered cell helps pythons poop out the bones of their prey

Burmese pythons and other carnivorous snakes are well-known for swallowing their prey whole. But what comes out...

Trump and the Energy Industry Are Eager to Power AI With Fossil Fuels

AI is “not my thing,” President Donald Trump admitted during a speech in Pittsburgh on Tuesday. However,...

How an ancient marine predator snuck up on its prey

A past predator of the seas may have had a secret weapon: noise-cancelling flippers that helped it...

This star offers the earliest peek at the birth of a planetary system like ours

McKenzie Prillaman is a science and health journalist based in Washington, DC. She holds a bachelor’s...

No, shaken baby syndrome has not been discredited

Citations S.K. Narang et al. Abusive head trauma in infants and children: Technical report. Pediatrics. Published online...

In a first, an image shows a dying star exploded twice to become a supernova 

For the first time, astronomers have spotted a star that exploded not once, but twice. A new...

Protein signatures may one day tell brain diseases apart before symptoms

A large-scale study of proteins in blood and cerebrospinal fluid could pave the way for improved blood...
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