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How the Binding of Two Brain Molecules Creates Memories That Last a Lifetime

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.When Todd Sacktor was about to turn 3,...

Meteorologists Say the National Weather Service Did Its Job in Texas

At least 27 people, including nine children, are dead in central Texas after flash floods struck suddenly...

Is It Time to Stop Protecting the Grizzly Bear?

This story originally appeared on Vox and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.In the early 1900s,...

The EU Proposes New Rules to Govern the European Space Race

There are around 11,000 satellites orbiting Earth, and it is estimated that at least 50,000 more will...

Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Would Leave Millions Without Health Insurance

Senate Republicans on Tuesday passed President Donald Trump’s sprawling tax and spending package, known as the “One...

A third visitor from another star is hurtling through the solar system

For only the third time in history, astronomers have detected a new interstellar visitor — an object...

Nearly half of the universe’s ordinary matter was uncharted, until now

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

Climate change could separate vanilla plants and their pollinators

Vanilla plants could have a future that’s not so sweet. Wild relatives of the vanilla plant —...

Despite Protests, Elon Musk Secures Air Permit for xAI

A local health department in Memphis has granted Elon Musk’s xAI data center an air permit to...

Vaccine policy in the U.S. is entering uncharted territory

Vaccines are facing new challenges from an unexpected quarter: the people who set vaccine policy for the...

A 3-D printed, plastic beaker could help algae grow on Mars

The future of plant life on Mars may be bioplastic. Green algae (Dunaliella tertiolecta) flourished under Mars-like...

How much energy does your AI prompt use? It depends

A chatbot might not break a sweat every time you ask it to make your shopping list...
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