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An African monkey ate a rope squirrel and came down with mpox

A monkey making a meal of a squirrel may have sparked an outbreak.  In early 2023, mpox...

The Last Mystery of Antarctica’s ‘Blood Falls’ Has Finally Been Solved

There is a corner of Antarctica that looks like something out of a David Cronenberg movie. It's...

Intricate silk helps net-casting spiders ensnare prey in webs

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

A lab on wheels is tracking HIV spread in war-torn Ukraine

The invasion of Ukraine has stymied healthcare services, allowing diseases such as HIV to spread unchecked. The...

Venus has a massive lava tube

Shrouded from astronomers’ view by dense clouds, Earth’s “sister planet” Venus is slowly giving up some of...

The US Had a Big Battery Boom Last Year

The US added a record-breaking amount of energy storage in 2025, according to a new solar industry...

Iron Age mass grave may hold unusual victims: mostly women and children

A mass grave from roughly 3,000 years ago in what is now Serbia is filled with the...

Wanderlust may be written in our DNA

From ancient nomads to modern job-hoppers, the urge to move may be written partly into our DNA....

NASA Delays Launch of Artemis II Lunar Mission Once Again

NASA has once again postponed the launch of Artemis II, the crewed lunar flyby mission, setting a...

How to View the ‘Blood Moon’ Total Lunar Eclipse on March 3

The first major astronomical event visible in 2026 is a total lunar eclipse, or “blood moon.” This...

Finding the story

Nancy Shute is editor in chief of Science News Media Group. Previously, she was an editor...

A Galaxy Composed Almost Entirely of Dark Matter Has Been Confirmed

Astronomers have just identified what appears to be a cosmic anomaly: a faint galaxy with so few...
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