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For whistleblowing, bigger rewards can backfire

Chiral carbon nanotube films deliver giant light-conversion effect

Space storms light up Japan's sky with red auroras climbing far higher than expected

Politically connected firms face softer penalties for bribery

When Mendel's rules don't apply: Mouse study reveals hidden epigenetic inheritance

How does street lighting impact wildlife and when should we turn off the lights?

Carbon markets underestimate the risks U.S. forests face from climate change, researchers warn

Genes without borders: Coral babies can travel vast distances across the Pacific Ocean

Early complex life clung to oxygenated seafloors for hundreds of millions of years, scientists discover

Food and drink plastics dominate marine litter across 112 nations, research reveals

The outlook for a climate-regulating ocean current is…not good

New Species of Deadly Box Jellyfish Discovered

Two Researchers Are Rebuilding Mathematics From the Ground Up

How Alexander Grothendieck Revolutionized 20th-Century Mathematics

NASA’s Psyche captures gorgeous Mars crescent photo on way to asteroid

What BMX teaches us about belonging (and not belonging)

Forbidden friends become former friends after moms voice disapproval

Asteroid impact site reveals possible traces of early life

The fungus that spoils nearly everything: Gray mold secret revealed

The Selfish Gene at 50: Why Dawkins’s evolution classic still holds up

Intoxicating and astonishing: Why 'The Selfish Gene' almost never was

India issues heat wave warnings as fear of El Nino looms

After news about Oliver Sacks's "lies", we revisit his best-loved book

After 10 years of upgrades, this legendary telescope has returned to chase black holes, asteroids and cosmic chemistry

What if the direction of a magnet could shape the building blocks of life?

Religion plays a greater role in the economy than previously thought, says paper

An explanation for the massive black holes the JWST found in the early universe

Bees found an unlikely new food source, and it could reshape how a destructive forest disease travels

Portugal burial reveals first known bone dental bridge in national archaeological record

Scientists discover why Alzheimer’s risk hits women so much harder

Image: NASA's Psyche mission captures Mars' Huygens Crater

Lab fish cycles are hours out of sync with natural ones, researchers discover

‘Morbid’ doesn’t want you to fall for antiaging hype

The Colorado Avalanche is dominating the NHL—Denver’s high elevation could be the reason

Scientists found a hidden Alzheimer’s trigger and shut it down

Scientists discover massive natural hydrogen source beneath Canada

Tiny sea creature Porpita porpita may live adrift at sea for years longer than previously thought

A SpaceX rocket will soon hit the moon, raising concerns about handing over space launches to private companies

Image: NASA's Psyche mission images the crescent of Mars

Image: NASA's Psyche mission spies Mars' wind-blown craters during close approach

How face-building genes get ready early: Genome folding may prime crucial DNA switches

Naturally occurring soil fungi could boost rice yields while reducing reliance on synthetic fertilizers

Could future Mars settlers print their own tools?

Argentine researchers collect rodents for hantavirus tests

Zoo reaches historic milestone for Puerto Rican crested toad conservation efforts with more than 12,000 tadpoles

Sky bridges, citizen science protect endangered Malaysia monkeys

Scientists use light to create tiny molecules that could transform medicine

NASA’s plan for a nuclear reactor on the moon could change space exploration forever—if it works

SpaceX's IPO moonshot draws some doubters on Wall Street

Scientists found a giant magnetic “twist” hidden inside the Milky Way