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See the largest, most detailed radio image of the Milky Way yet

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

As teens in crisis turn to AI chatbots, simulated chats highlight risks

Just because a chatbot can play the role of therapist doesn’t mean it should. Conversations powered...

A New Type of Opioid Is Killing People in the US, Europe, and Australia

US and European authorities are battling a new enemy in the war against opioids. Nitazenes are a...

A New Light-Based Cancer Treatment Kills Tumor Cells and Spares Healthy Ones

In the fight against cancer, an important field of research is the search for safe alternatives to...

Mosquitoes infiltrated Iceland. Will they survive the winter?

Iceland’s first mosquitoes are poised to face a frosty test. Winter is coming, and it’s uncertain whether...

Physicists Create a Thermometer for Measuring ‘Quantumness’

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.If there’s one law of physics that seems...

Climate Change Made Hurricane Melissa 4 Times More Likely, Study Suggests

This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Fueled by...

The ‘10 Martini’ Proof Connects Quantum Mechanics With Infinitely Intricate Mathematical Structures

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.In 1974, five years before he wrote his...

A new AI technique may aid violent crime forensics

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

Cancer treatments may get a boost from mRNA COVID vaccines

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

How Do Metal Detectors Work?

Why would you want to detect metal? Oh, I don't know … maybe you want to find...

Nanotyrannus was not a teenaged T. rex

For decades, researchers have debated whether a fossil of a small, fierce theropod belonged to a teenaged...
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