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A New Law of Nature Attempts to Explain the Complexity of the Universe

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.In 1950 the Italian physicist Enrico Fermi was...

Uber Just Reinvented the Bus … Again

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Every few years, a...

A possible new dwarf planet skirts the solar system’s edge

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

A cup of chickpeas a day lowers cholesterol

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

A private Japanese spacecraft failed on its way to the moon’s surface 

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

Precolonial farmers thrived in one of North America’s coldest places

A laser eye-in-the-sky has uncovered vast, ancient farm fields in an unlikely place — the frosty forests...

Preemptively cutting rhinos’ horns cuts poaching

Rhino poaching may be substantially reduced by removing the reason so many rhinos are poached in the...

A diet full of tiny plastics triggered health problems in mice

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

How to Prepare for a Climate Disaster in Trump’s America

Forecasters within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predict this summer’s hurricane season, which started June...

Probiotics helped great star corals fend off a deadly disease

Great star corals in the grip of disease have been saved with probiotics — beneficial bacteria that...

Small earthquakes can have a big impact on the movements of major faults

Seismic symphonies of minor earthquakes may affect grand movements on major faults. Small and distant earthquakes can...

Flamingos create precise water vortices in a shrimp-hunting frenzy

Tornado-generating beaks and whirlpool-stirring feet help flamingos transform shallow waters into shrimp-swirling death zones — corralling agile...
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