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The World’s Oceans Are Hurtling Toward a Breaking Point

For life on Earth, the oceans are essential. Not only do they supply us with food and...

Trump’s Tylenol Directive Could Actually Increase Autism Rates, Researchers Warn

For decades, the discussion around autism has been a hotbed of misinformation, misinterpretation, and bad science, ranging...

With little proof, Trump links Tylenol to autism and touts a treatment

Just six months ago, the Trump administration promised to find the cause of autism. On September 22,...

This black hole flipped its magnetic field

The magnetic field swirling around an enormous black hole, located about 55 million light-years from Earth, has...

This experimental computer chip reuses energy

An experimental computer chip called Ice River can reuse the energy put into it, researchers say. A...

This ‘ghost shark’ has teeth on its forehead

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

Lung cancer plugs into the mouse brain

Once in the brain, lung cancer cells can plug themselves into the electrical circuitry there and grow,...

Enceladus’ ocean may not have produced precursor chemicals for life

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

An ancient reptile’s fossilized skin reveals how it swam like a seal

New insights into an ancient swimming reptile are more than skin deep. An analysis of a 240-million-year-old...

Elon Musk Is Out to Rule Space. Can Anyone Stop Him?

Just off the Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway, the hotel’s rooftop bar is open late. The bartender passes...

When cancer targets the young

Nancy Shute is editor in chief of Science News Media Group. Previously, she was an editor...

Big Tech Dreams of Putting Data Centers in Space

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.The companies frantically building...
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