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60,000-year-old poison arrowheads show early humans’ skillful hunting

A new analysis of ancient arrowheads from South Africa pushes back prehistoric humans’ earliest use of poisoned...

New Records Reveal the Mess RFK Jr. Left When He Dumped a Dead Bear in Central Park

This story contains graphic imagery.On August 4, 2024, when now-US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was...

The Ancient Art of Nasal Rinsing Might Protect You From a Cold

On average, the typical American contracts two to three colds per year between September and May, at...

Betelgeuse’s buddy leaves a wake in the giant star’s atmosphere

PHOENIX — Like a motorboat doing doughnuts in a lake, Betelgeuse’s companion star leaves a wake in...

Galaxies with ‘hoop skirts’ are more common than we thought

PHOENIX —Thousands of newly spotted galaxies are dressed for a Victorian ball: in hoop skirts. The cache...

Here’s the science behind nuclear weapons testing

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

In a Quebec park, a science game brings predator-prey dynamics to life

The predator was closing in, and the prey had to make a potentially life-altering choice: find food...

First maps of the sun’s outer boundary may help predict solar storms

The sun’s outer atmosphere resembles a pufferfish. That’s what scientists have gleaned from the first verified maps...

These sick baby ants sacrifice themselves to protect their colony

Some baby ants don’t ask for help when they contract deadly infections — they ask to be...

Flu Is Relentless. Crispr Might Be Able to Shut It Down

As he addressed an audience of virologists from China, Australia, and Singapore at October’s Pandemic Research Alliance...

Trump Wants Venezuela’s Oil. Getting It Might Not Be So Simple

President Donald Trump has made it clear: His vision for Venezuela’s future involves the US profiting from...

A New Bridge Links the Strange Math of Infinity to Computer Science

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.All of modern mathematics is built on the...
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