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Fiddler crabs are migrating north to cooler waters

This video was supported by funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. TRANSCRIPT David Johnson: So in...

Moon GPS Is Coming

“You have arrived at your destination.” This phrase, delivered with robotic cadence, is familiar to anyone who...

Despite new clues, this ancient fish has stumped scientists for centuries

It wasn’t an ancient boomerang. It was, in fact, a fish — albeit unlike any known today....

Ski Resorts Are Stockpiling Snow to Get Through Warm Winters

It’s time to check on the snow pile. In mid-August, Marko Mustonen, commercial director of Levi ski...

Scientists piece together clues in a shark ‘murder mystery’

There are not many animals that can mess with adult porbeagle sharks — or at least, that’s...

Strange Noises Are Coming from Inside Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft

On Saturday NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore noticed some strange noises emanating from a speaker inside the Starliner...

Summer-like heat is scorching the Southern Hemisphere — in winter

It’s winter in the Southern Hemisphere — but you wouldn’t know it from the thermostat. ...

Wildfires Are Contaminating Water Supplies

If you stood on the banks of the Cache la Poudre River in Colorado after the 2020...

Students Find New Evidence of the Impossibility of Complete Disorder

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.In late 2017, Ashwin Sah and Mehtaab Sawhney...

A Rare Coincidence of La Niña Events Will Weaken Hurricane Season

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.The North Atlantic Ocean has been...

Scientists Plan ‘Doomsday’ Vault on Moon

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.In the fall of...

Mayo is weirdly great for understanding nuclear fusion experiments

Mayonnaise’s texture inspires love and loathing. Either way, it’s perfect for physics experiments.  The classic condiment is...
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