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Two privately-owned spacecraft make contact from the moon

This is a developing story and will be updated as we learn more. This year’s hot destination...

How a Labrador retriever’s genes might affect the dog’s obesity risk

Labrador retriever owners are likely familiar with how persistent their dogs can be in their quest for...

Warming is chasing cloud forests steadily uphill

Cloud forests are strange and ghostly places — akin to coral reefs hidden high on tropical mountains....

If Ukraine Loses Starlink, Here Are the Best Alternatives

One by one, Ukrainian villagers gathered round and held their smartphones out to catch the signal. A...

Juno reveals dozens of lava lakes on Jupiter’s moon Io

Jupiter’s moon Io, the most volcanically active body in the solar system, is littered with hundreds of...

Treating male partners along with women may help stop bacterial vaginosis

Treatment for two rather than one may help prevent another bout of a common and unpleasant vaginal...

The einstein tile rocked mathematics. Meet its molecular cousin

For centuries, mathematicians and floor designers alike have been fascinated by the shapes that can tile a...

US State Department Kills Global Air Monitoring Program Researchers Say Paid for Itself

In 2008, the US Embassy in Beijing started regularly tweeting about the air quality in the city,...

An Overdiagnosis Epidemic Is Harming Patients’ Mental Health

Neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan thinks that modern health care is overdiagnosing people but not necessarily making them healthier—and...

Human ancestors made the oldest known bone tools 1.5 million years ago

Ancient human relatives crafted sharp-edged tools out of animal bones around 1.5 million years ago, researchers say....

The Milky Way’s black hole is constantly bubbling

The black hole at the Milky Way’s heart neither slumbers nor sleeps. Instead, the ring of plasma...

Airplanes of the Future Could Be Fitted With Feather-Like Flaps

On a warm summer morning at Princeton University, aerospace engineer Aimy Wissa was at the university helipad,...
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