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The Lunar Economy Is Coming

The lunar economy, complete with its own supply chain, may seem like a distant concept, but its...

USDA Layoffs Derail Projects Benefiting American Farmers

The widespread layoff of Department of Agriculture scientists has thrown vital research into disarray, according to former...

Buried Treasure Crossword

Sid Sivakumar, a puzzle constructor and M.D./Ph.D. student in biomedical engineering and neuroscience, edited this puzzle. Looking...

The Odds of a City-Killing Asteroid Hitting Earth Keep Rising

An asteroid discovered late last year is continuing to stir public interest as its odds of striking...

Biological sex is not as simple as male or female

Sex is messy. It’s not just about chromosomes. Or reproductive cells. Or any other binary metric. Many...

Fog collection could alleviate water stress in desert cities

Rural communities in arid regions have harvested tiny droplets of fog for years as a source of...

Your Next Pet Could Be a Glowing Rabbit

Humans have been selectively breeding cats and dogs for thousands of years to make more desirable pets....

Squishy materials reveal new physics of static electricity 

Rub a balloon on your hair and the balloon typically picks up a negative electric charge, while...

Earth had new, temporary radiation rings last year

On May 10, 2024, the strongest solar storm in 20 years sparked auroras on Earth that were...

National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers as Federal Purge Continues

The National Science Foundation fired nearly 170 workers in a Zoom call on Tuesday morning as part...

A weird ice that may form on alien planets has finally been observed

A strange type of ice thought to dwell deep in the oceans of alien planets has finally...

Mobulas, an Aquatic Wonder of the Gulf of California, Are Disappearing

In the eastern Pacific Ocean, mobulas alternate between silent undulation underwater and acrobatic leaps out of it....
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