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When pain really is in your head

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

The Mosquito-Borne Disease ‘Triple E’ Is Spreading in the US as Temperatures Rise

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.A 41-year-old man in...

Readers discuss black holes’ trippy effects on time, banned swimsuits

Time to eat Astronomers watched in real time as the supermassive black hole at the...

Boeing Starliner Returns Home to an Uncertain Future

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, stricken with thruster problems and helium leaks, has left the International Space Station, wrapping...

What Cancún’s Tourists Don’t See Is a Sprawling Concrete Jungle

This story originally appeared on WIRED en Español and has been translated from Spanish.The wide mowed lawns...

Bumblebees lose most of their sense of smell after heat waves

Heat waves don’t just make bumblebees hot. The high temperatures also seem to drastically reduce their sense...

50 years ago, some of plastic’s toxic hazards were exposed

Toxic surprises from the plastics industry — Science News, September 7, 1974 ...

Why Super Typhoons Like Yagi Are More Common Than You’d Think

The year’s first super typhoon erupted over the steamy waters of the western Pacific Ocean on Thursday...

A new drug shows promise for hot flashes due to menopause

A new treatment for hot flashes brought relief and a better night’s rest for women experiencing these...

A next-gen pain drug shows promise, but chronic sufferers need more options

Megan Hodge’s first bout of intense pain arrived when she was in her mid-20s. Hodge and her...

In an epic cosmology clash, rival scientists begin to find common ground 

The biggest clash in cosmology might be inching closer to resolution, thanks to the James Webb Space...

A nuclear clock prototype hints at ultraprecise timekeeping 

Scientific clockmakers have crafted a prototype of a nuclear clock, hinting at future possibilities for using atomic...
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