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The truth about child IQ: Research shows it fluctuates and may be an unreliable predictor of future success

Rare soft-bodied fossil from Quebec reveals a new jellyfish relative from 450 million years ago

I've fired one of America's most powerful lasers—here's what a shot day looks like

Why climate models and ocean observations diverge, and what it means for rain and drought

A whole new way to prevent death from sepsis shows promise

Hubble dazzles with young stars in Trifid Nebula

Rediscovered tracksite reveals large dinosaurs ranged as far as northern Mongolia 120 million years ago

Ancient teeth reveal clues to the environment humans' early ancestors evolved in millions of years ago

Finding a hidden highland culture in the mountains of southern Georgia

Astronauts’ brains don’t fully adapt to life in microgravity, new study finds

New research finds few improvements for British Columbia's endangered wildlife

Self-assembling luminophores reveal new design principle for efficient light-energy transport

How do astronauts adapt their grip and move objects when transitioning between Earth and space?

Cells 'switch' on protein factories after injury, study finds

Increasing heat can boost malnutrition among children

World's largest collection of Olympiad-level math problems now available to everyone

Here's what to know about Timmy, the humpback whale that's sick and stranded in the Baltic Sea

A Brief History of the Bizarre-Looking Anglerfish

Risk of ‘megaquake’ in Japan higher after powerful earthquake strikes

Heat-loving enzyme reveals how plastic recycling could work near 70 °C

Six new isolated millisecond pulsars discovered with FAST

Parrot uses his broken beak to become a dominant male

What Canada, the UK and other G7 nations learned about building resilient education systems during the pandemic

Hawaiian green sea turtles emerge as reef defenders against invasive algae

NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft down to just two working science instruments

Madagascar's ancient baobabs store 700 years of climate secrets—what they reveal

Desmond Morris: from 'Naked Ape' to watching 'Big Brother'

'Tis the season: Sharing resources sustains ocean microbial biodiversity

Plastic texturing kills viruses when they land

Japan warns of slightly increased risk of mega-quake after a 7.7-magnitude one

New genetic evidence from Stajnia Cave reveals the oldest Neanderthal group reconstructed in Central-Eastern Europe

Preserved orchids show pollination has fallen 60% since the 1970s

Tiny structural shift leads to big leap in solar fuel

Migratory blackcap bird brain mapped for the first time, opening a new era of 3D digital atlases

Cocaine Fish: How Salmon Behave When Amped Up on Coke

What Physical ‘Life Force’ Turns Biology’s Wheels?

Cocaine pollution alters salmon behavior in the wild, study reveals

Disabled parrot is undefeated alpha male of his group thanks to novel 'beak jousting'

Bringing quantum time into the lab—a single clock can run young and old at once

NASA shuts off instrument on Voyager 1 to keep spacecraft operating

How primitive plants evolved to survive Earth's most catastrophic extinction event

This kea parrot is the first-known disabled alpha male

The strange way cocaine water pollution is changing salmon

See Bruce the parrot wield his broken beak like a deadly weapon

How maze-like magnetic patterns form and evolve in materials

Engineers develop new plasma spray technique for tungsten–copper protective coatings

Brushstroke-mapping AI reopens a centuries-old mystery about one of El Greco's masterpieces

A long-sought quantum computing milestone arrives as fermionic atom gates top 99% accuracy

Magnetic muon measurements and gene-therapy advances win $3 million Breakthrough prizes

Costly school uniforms a barrier to education for some Kiwi kids