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The Doomsday Clock Is Now 85 Seconds to Midnight. Here’s What That Means

The Doomsday Clock has just been set to 85 seconds to midnight. Nearly 80 years after its...

Whaling may have started 1,500 years earlier than already known

Whale hunting began far earlier — and much farther south — than scientists previously suspected. Five-thousand-year-old whalebone...

AI tool AlphaGenome predicts how one typo can change a genetic story

A new deep-learning AI model may help scientists better decipher the plot of the genetic instruction book...

What the new nutrition guidelines get wrong about fat

When new dietary guidelines for Americans came out in early January, I couldn’t help but notice “healthy...

A North Atlantic Right Whale Baby Boom Is On—but the Species Remains at Risk

After nearly two decades, the baby whale came back—as a mother, with a baby of its own....

The brain’s response to a heart attack may worsen recovery

After a heart attack, the heart “talks” to the brain. And that conversation may make recovery worse....

Spider silk-making organs evolved due to a 400-million-year-old genetic oops

Spiders’ ability to spin webs may be one consequence of a really big genetic mistake. A close...

This ancient stick may be the world’s oldest handheld wooden tool

A digging stick and a tiny tool of unknown purpose are among the oldest handheld wooden tools...

Some vaccines are making progress in protecting vulnerable species

Southern elephant seal pups were among the first to die when a deadly strain of avian influenza...

No One Is Quite Sure Why Ice Is Slippery

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.The reason we can gracefully glide on an...

The inner lives of animals

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

How Greenland sharks defy aging

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