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Earth’s oldest rocks may be at least 4.16 billion years old

A remote outcrop in Canada harbors rocks that are at least 4.16 billion years old, researchers report...

This bug’s all-in helicopter parenting reshaped its eggs

Parents will fret, even among bugs. And even among bugs, it’s complicated. Ferociously protective parenting has evolved...

AI can measure our cultural history. But is it accurate?

The feelings, emotions and behaviors of people who lived in the past don’t leave a fossil record....

‘They’re Not Breathing’: Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls

On April 28, a nurse at the Aurora ICE Processing Center near Denver called 911. A woman...

A European Startup’s Spacecraft Made It to Orbit. Now It’s Lost at Sea

A European company that seeks to develop orbital spacecraft for cargo, and eventually humans, took a step...

‘Magic’ states empower error-resistant quantum computing

Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She...

In a first, the Webb telescope found a planet by actually ‘seeing’ it

For the first time ever, the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered an exoplanet by directly...

Many U.S. babies may lack gut bacteria that train their immune systems

About three quarters of babies born in the United States may not have enough friendly microbes in...

No player can return this killer shot. Physics explains how it works

It’s the shot every squash player dreads and dreams of. In the sport, players take turns hitting...

Mailed self-sample kits boosted cervical cancer screening

Receiving a sample collection kit by mail helped people who were behind on cervical cancer screening take...

Zombifying fungi have been infecting insects for 99 million years

Nearly 100 million years ago, a droplet of tree sap captured a gruesome scene: a fungus bursting...

Scientists Are Sending Cannabis Seeds to Space

On Monday, June 23, shortly after 9 pm UTC, hundreds of seeds, fungi, algae, and human DNA...
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