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Harmful heat doesn’t always come in waves

In recent weeks, extreme heat waves have broiled the United States, China and Europe. But scientists are...

A barrage of radiation couldn’t kill this hardy life-form

An unassuming lichen harbors a hidden superpower: It’s remarkably resistant to ultraviolet radiation. New experiments on the...

Mysterious ‘little red dot’ galaxies have a possible origin story

The early universe is speckled with little red dots, and now we may have an idea of...

Space Elevators Could Totally Work—if Earth Days Were Much Shorter

Suppose you could speed up Earth’s rotation so that a day was only half as long? What...

Genetics reveal the origin story of East Asia’s favorite sweet bean

Tucked inside mochi, swirled into moon cakes or layered beneath custard in taiyaki, a sweet paste made...

The Next Acetaminophen Tablet You Take Could Be Made From PET

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have succeeded in transforming certain plastic waste into acetaminophen using the...

Earth’s oldest rocks may be at least 4.16 billion years old

A remote outcrop in Canada harbors rocks that are at least 4.16 billion years old, researchers report...

This bug’s all-in helicopter parenting reshaped its eggs

Parents will fret, even among bugs. And even among bugs, it’s complicated. Ferociously protective parenting has evolved...

AI can measure our cultural history. But is it accurate?

The feelings, emotions and behaviors of people who lived in the past don’t leave a fossil record....

‘They’re Not Breathing’: Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls

On April 28, a nurse at the Aurora ICE Processing Center near Denver called 911. A woman...

A European Startup’s Spacecraft Made It to Orbit. Now It’s Lost at Sea

A European company that seeks to develop orbital spacecraft for cargo, and eventually humans, took a step...

‘Magic’ states empower error-resistant quantum computing

Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She...
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