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Struggling to Unlock Your Phone? You Might Have Lost Your Fingerprints

Mara Johnson-Groh, 33, a freelance science writer in British Columbia, Canada, lost her fingerprints about a decade...

Extreme heat and rain help send dengue cases skyrocketing

When it rains, it pours. And when it pours, mosquitoes pop up.  A series of...

The Quantum Mechanics of the Greenhouse Effect

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.In 1896, the Swedish physicist Svante Arrhenius realized...

The Boeing Starliner Astronauts Will Come Home on SpaceX’s Dragon

NASA has announced that astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams will return to Earth next February aboard...

Will the ‘Car-Free’ Los Angeles Olympics Work?

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.With the Olympic torch extinguished in...

Your Guide to Surviving Extreme Weather

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.No matter where you...

Readers discuss hypothetical ‘tauonium’ atoms

Talk of the tauonium Scientists propose a hunt for tauonium, a hypothetical variety of...

A long-awaited cancer treatment reaches patients

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

50 years ago, antibiotic resistant bacteria became a problem outside hospitals

Rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria — Science News, August 24, 1974 Antibiotics have saved millions...

National Geographic’s ‘OceanXplorers’ dives into the ocean’s mysteries

Abby Wallace is the digital engagement producer at Science News. She has an undergraduate degree in...

So You’re Underwater: Why Do You See That Circle of Light Above You?

Have you ever sat on the bottom of a swimming pool and pondered your watery ceiling? Most...

New COVID-19 booster shots have been approved. When should you get one?

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