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Spaceflight supercharges viruses’ ability to infect bacteria

What Zootopia 2 gets right about the science of snakes

What Bugonia reveals about the real search for aliens

Can DNA testing tell identical twins on trial apart?

Fresh claim of making elusive ‘hexagonal’ diamond is the strongest yet

Earth’s days are getting longer. Climate change is to blame

24 mice launched to orbit in 2023. What happened to their bodies could help humans better survive in space

What Hoppers got dam right about beavers

China just approved its first brain implant for commercial use, a world first

Katharine Burr Blodgett’s story shows how a brilliant legacy can be forgotten

It was a record hot winter for the U.S. despite chilly weather in the east

OpenAI and Ginkgo Bioworks show how AI can accelerate scientific discovery

Why Friday the 13th is a mathematical inevitability

Have astronomers found a runaway monster black hole?

Raccoons will solve puzzles just for fun

Mathematicians find one pi formula to rule them all

How RFK, Jr.’s controversial ideas are shaping Americans’ health

Ryan Gosling talks Project Hail Mary, hopeful science fiction and the challenge of portraying zero g

NASA says it’s a ‘go’ for fresh Artemis II moon launch attempt but admits risks remain

Dolphins have been stranding in droves on the shores of Patagonia. Scientists think they’ve found the culprit

GPS spoofing is scrambling ships in the Strait of Hormuz

How to find pi in randomness all around you

How to build a moon base

War in Iran triggers an unprecedented disruption in global oil

Endometriosis takes years to diagnose. A new ultrasound simulator could help doctors better recognize it

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS is exceptionally alcoholic

Humans ‘catch’ fear from robots that breathe like they’re scared

The sun and thousands of its twins migrated across the Milky Way just in time

AI autocomplete doesn’t just change how you write. It changes how you think

Iran was nowhere close to a nuclear bomb, experts say

The gut microbiome may influence brain aging, mouse study suggests

The universe’s brightest supernovae are turbocharged by newborn magnetars

The FDA approves leucovorin for rare genetic condition and not for autism

See Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano erupt, shooting lava 1,300 feet into the air

Why we’re bad at detecting lies, according to scientists—and The Traitors

Music even makes you blink to the beat

Sports gambling could be boosting binge drinking in young men

A single course of antibiotics may reshape the gut microbiome for years

Where did magic mushrooms come from? Scientists just got closer to an answer

What is the ‘acid rain’ in the wake of U.S. bombings in Iran?

NASA space probe expected to reenter the atmosphere with a chance of raining debris

First-of-its-kind vaccine protects children from deadly E. coli infections

China’s first moon astronauts could land at this surprising site

AI techniques speed up forensic analysis of crucial crime scene larvae

Long-lost page of Archimedes’ writings rediscovered in France

Stand Up for Science protests spread to more than 50 cities

Taking a multivitamin could slow some signs of aging, new study suggests

RFK, Jr.’s overhauled autism advisory board cancels first public meeting

Stunning video shows huge fireball blazing over Europe

A $1.3-billion river dredging in North Carolina by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could unleash ‘forever chemicals’