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Western Europe’s oldest face adds new wrinkles to human evolution

A Spanish cave has divulged the oldest known fossil remains of human ancestors in Western Europe. Excavations...

Parenthood may help the brain stay young

McKenzie Prillaman is a science and health journalist based in Washington, DC. She holds a bachelor’s...

One Photographer’s Quest to Redefine the Shark

A sea without sharks is an unhealthy sea. Underwater photographer Gerardo del Villar knows this well and...

This Is How Measles Kills

Declining vaccination rates are fueling a growing measles outbreak in West Texas and New Mexico that has...

6 things to know about antidepressants

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

Uranus emits more heat than previously thought

Uranus emits more energy than it gets from the sun, two new studies report — a discovery...

As AI advances, the meaning of artificial general intelligence remains murky

When Chinese AI startup DeepSeek burst onto the scene in January, it sparked intense chatter about its...

Mississippi Passes Bill Banning Lab-Grown Meat

The Mississippi House of Representatives just passed a bill banning cultivated meat. This makes Mississippi the third...

What’s Really Happening With Elon Musk and Those ‘Stranded’ Astronauts?

Over the past month there has been something more than a minor kerfuffle in the space industry...

Some trees are coping with extreme heat surprisingly well

Ecologist Akhil Javad felt the thrill of fieldwork quickly fade when he was faced with the prospect...

Brain implants don’t change a person’s sense of self. Hear why

In the fifth episode of The Deep End, Jon Nelson describes depression as a “no-casserole disease,” one...

5 years after COVID-19 became a pandemic, are we ready for what’s next?

McKenzie Prillaman is a science and health journalist based in Washington, DC. She holds a bachelor’s...
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