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How to Measure the Earth’s Radius With Legos

More than 2,000 years ago, pretty much every educated human knew the Earth was round. There are...

Here are 3 big ideas to combat climate change, with or without COP

Belém, Brazil — The Amazon rainforest is a poster child for the perils of climate change. Deforestation and...

A foot fossil suggests a second early human relative lived alongside Lucy

In 2009, Yohannes Haile-Selassie and his team were combing the desert landscape of Burtele, a paleontological site in...

Listen to the crackle of Martian ‘mini-lightning’

When the wind blows on Mars, electricity crackles through the air. For the first time, scientists have...

Gratitude can increase joy, even if it feels a little cringe

Gratitude is arguably as quintessential to Thanksgiving as turkey, cranberry sauce and the kumbaya story of Pilgrims...

The Trump Administration’s Data Center Push Could Open the Door for New Forever Chemicals

In recent months, the Trump administration has opened a deregulatory floodgate in the name of building more...

Boeing’s Next Starliner Flight Will Only Be Allowed to Carry Cargo

The US space agency ended months of speculation about the next flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, confirming...

Cuddly koalas had a brutal, blade-toothed close cousin

The koalas clambering around eucalyptus canopies may be cuddly herbivores, but their extinct relatives were horrifying predators....

Boiling oceans may sculpt the surfaces of small icy moons

Small, icy moons might be boiling under their surface. Many moons in the outer solar system are...

This bright orange life-form could point to new dino discoveries

Tiny life-forms with bright colors might point the way to big dinosaur bone discoveries. In the badlands...

‘Butt breathing’ could help people who can’t get oxygen the regular way

Takanori Takebe is on a mission to find out if people can breathe through their butts. As...

Rats are snatching bats out of the air and eating them

Bats beware. The ability to fly won’t save you from hungry, determined rats. In a first, brown...
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