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Putrid plants can reek of hot rotting flesh with one evolutionary trick

$1.8 billion in NIH grant cuts hit minority health research the hardest

Teens who want to quit vaping have another medication option

Do cold-water plunges really speed post-workout muscle recovery?

Neandertals invented bone-tipped spears all on their own

Before altering the air, microbes oxygenated large swaths of the sea

British tin might have fueled the rise of some Bronze Age civilizations

Lining medical stents with hairlike fuzz could fend off infections

Physicists explain how cheese rosettes form

A Soviet spacecraft will crash to Earth this month

Ancient poems document the decline of the Yangtze finless porpoise

Frog ribbits erupt via an extravagant variety of vocal sacs

A gas cloud 5,500 times as massive as the sun lurks nearby

Losing a key U.S. climate report would hurt future disaster prep

A man let snakes bite him 202 times. His blood helped create a new antivenom

Playing this Minecraft game hints at how we learn in real life

Cool water could protect sea stars from a mysterious disease

Scientists home in on alternatives to ‘forever chemicals’

Chess players rely on familiar moves even when the game changes

Ozempic and Wegovy ingredient may reverse signs of liver disease

The axolotl is endangered in the wild. A discovery offers hope

A Pueblo tribe recruited scientists to reclaim its ancient American history

These crocodile-like beasts reached the Caribbean, outlasting mainland kin

A new 3-D display lets you reach in and touch virtual objects

Here’s how we might generate electricity from rain

How will the LA fires affect the ocean? These researchers are racing to find out

Two cities stopped adding fluoride to water. Science reveals what happened

Bird flu in cows shows no signs of adapting to humans — yet

Ancient, water-loving rhinos gathered in big, hippolike herds

The United States’ oldest known rock has existed for at least 3.6 billion years

This caterpillar wears the body parts of insect prey

See how the Hubble Space Telescope is still revolutionizing astronomy

Wetland bacteria could make more methane in a warming world

A lion’s bite marks a fatal fight with a possible Roman-era gladiator

Uncertainty is on the rise. Here’s how people can cope

Mouse brains hint at why it’s so hard to forget food poisoning

How science can help you train your puppy

Loneliness is higher among middle-aged Americans than older ones

Earth’s landmasses lost trillions of tons of water this century

Autism rates rose again. Experts explain why

Hidden Antarctic lakes could supercharge sea level rise

Seeking the anomalies that lead to discoveries

Readers weigh in on brainlike AI technology

A gas clump in the Milky Way’s neighborhood might be a ‘dark galaxy’

Fires in the Amazon forest may melt sea ice in Antarctica

Ancient horse hunts challenge ideas of ‘modern’ human behavior

Limits of Knowledge Crossword

A claimed hint of alien life whips up spirited debate

A NASA rover finally found Mars’ missing carbon

Clinical trials face uncertain futures amid Trump cuts