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A Startup Says It Has Found a Hidden Source of Geothermal Energy

A geothermal startup said Thursday that it has hit gold in Nevada—metaphorically speaking. Zanskar, which uses AI...

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Is Detaining People for ICE

The Louisiana Department Of Wildlife And Fisheries (LDWF), typically responsible in part for overseeing wildlife reserves and...

Ancient DNA reveals China’s first ‘pet’ cat wasn’t the house cat

The house cat (Felis catus) slunk into China in the eighth century. But long before that, the...

Thursday’s Cold Moon Is the Last Supermoon of the Year. Here’s How and When to View It

A cold supermoon is on its way. On December 4, Earth's satellite will delight us with one...

Ancient southern Africans took genetic evolution in a new direction

Important, previously unrecognized genetic changes common to all ancient and modern Homo sapiens spread in Africa more...

Human-caused earthquakes are real. Here’s why even stable regions can snap

On August 16, 2012, residents of the tiny Dutch village of Huizinge were rattled by an inexplicably...

A Fentanyl Vaccine Is About to Get Its First Major Test

Just a tiny amount of fentanyl, the equivalent of a few grains of sand, is enough to...

Twisted stacks of 2-D carbon act like a weird type of superconductor

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

Self-hypnosis with cooling mental imagery could ease hot flashes

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

Personalized ‘prehabilitation’ helps the body brace for major surgery

Major surgery takes a major toll on the body — not unlike running a marathon. You wouldn’t...

A therapeutic HPV vaccine shrank cervical tumors in mice

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

The Oceans Are Going to Rise—but When?

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.In May 2014, NASA announced at a press...
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