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Peacock Feathers Are Stunning. They Can Also Emit Laser Beams

Peacock feathers are greatly admired for their bright iridescent colors, but it turns out they can also...

Trump Promised to ‘Drill, Baby, Drill.’ The New Rigs Are Nowhere to Be Found

This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.“We will...

Some probiotics could feed, rather than fend off, infections

Probiotics aren’t universally gut-friendly, a study in mice suggests. At least one type of usually beneficial gut...

The Webb space telescope spies its first black holes snacking on stars

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

The First Widespread Cure for HIV Could Be in Children

For years, Philip Goulder has been obsessed with a particularly captivating idea: In the hunt for an...

Some U.S. newborns still get HIV despite efforts to screen for it. Here’s why

More than half of U.S. newborns diagnosed with HIV in their first year of life had...

AC or DC: Which Is Better?

As the story goes, the rock band AC/DC took its name from a label on an old...

States Are Moving to Protect Access to Vaccines

With US Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. already shaking up federal vaccine policy,...

The Grave Long-Term Effects of the Gaza Malnutrition Crisis

The moment Merry Fitzpatrick realized that Gaza’s malnutrition crisis had progressed to a newer and deadlier phase...

A new species of ‘penis worm’ was discovered in the Grand Canyon

An ancient cradle of evolution may have been discovered in the striped cliffs of the Grand Canyon....

Potatoes have their roots in ancient tomatoes

The potato came from a surprising mashup. Spuds are a basic, delicious food for millions worldwide, yet...

A Midwest ‘megaflash’ is the longest lightning on record

A massive bolt of lightning that lit up the sky from Dallas to Kansas City, Mo., in...
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