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Lampreys have ‘fight or flight’ cells, challenging ideas about nervous system evolution

With terrifyingly sharp teeth arranged around a circular mouth, lampreys look about as primitive a vertebrate as...

Boeing’s Starliner Is Finally Ready to Launch a NASA Crew Into Space

At long last, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is ready to launch humans to space. Tonight, the vehicle is...

As the Arctic tundra warms, soil microbes likely will ramp up CO2 production

Climate change is warming the Arctic tundra about four times faster than the rest of the planet....

Online spaces may intensify teens’ uncertainty in social interactions

Deciphering other people’s thoughts and feelings tends to generate considerable uncertainty. In a conversation, for instance, how...

The One Thing Holding Back Heat Pumps

If billionaires actually cared about saving the planet, they’d pool their vast wealth and buy everyone a...

The US Is Cracking Down on Synthetic DNA

The White House has issued new rules aimed at companies that manufacture synthetic DNA after years of...

An Old Abstract Field of Math Is Unlocking the Deep Complexity of Spacecraft Orbits

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.In October, a Falcon Heavy rocket is scheduled...

A Company Is Building a Giant Compressed-Air Battery in the Australian Outback

This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.The need...

What Kind of Battery Would You Need to Power a Lightsaber?

When you think of Star Wars, what's the first image that comes to mind? Lightsabers, right? Everyone...

No One Knows How Far Bird Flu Has Spread

In late March, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it had detected cases of bird flu...

Want to see butterflies in your backyard? Try doing less yardwork

Making the world safer for butterflies can be as easy as doing a bit of nothing. Letting...

College students want to help during an opioid overdose but don’t know how

U.S. college students can recognize signs of an opioid overdose and want to help when they witness...
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