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‘Dragon Man’ skull may be the first from an enigmatic human cousin

Meet the new face, and braincase to boot, of Asia’s mysterious Stone Age denizens, the Denisovans. The...

This moth species may use the Milky Way as its guiding star

One kind of Australian moth looks to the stars on its voyage to a summertime refuge. Stellar...

Baby’s First Words Crossword

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How attacks on evolution in classrooms have shifted over the last 100 years

Erin Wayman is the managing editor for print and longform content at Science News. She has...

Is nuclear energy good? A new book explores this complex question

Atomic DreamsRebecca Tuhus-DubrowAlgonquin Books, $30 Toxic sludge. A glowing radioactive rat. A three-eyed fish named “Blinky.”...

Scientists Discover the Key to Axolotls’ Ability to Regenerate Limbs

The axolotl seems like something out of science fiction. This perpetually youthful-looking Mexican salamander possesses a superpower...

Fewer scavengers could mean more zoonotic disease

Scavengers often get a bad rap — hyena giggles are nefarious, crows gather in “murders” and the...

100 years after the Scopes trial, science is still under attack

One hundred years ago, a small town in eastern Tennessee captured the attention of the entire country....

Black hole–shredded megastars power a new class of cosmic explosions

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

This Historian Has Seen the Future of Trans Health Care

Jules Gill-Peterson is speaking to me from the future. She’s 11 hours ahead of me when I...

A New Obesity Pill May Burn Fat Without Suppressing Appetite

An experimental obesity pill that works in a different way from the wildly popular Ozempic may help...

A common parenting practice may be hindering teen development

Vacation season is upon us. But that doesn’t necessarily translate to teens roaming free. A new poll...
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