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NASA scraps its 2027 moon landing, adds two missions in 2028

Take it from the Olympics, slushy winter sports may be the new normal

Why is math harder for some kids? Brain scans offer clues

On moonshots and Minneapolis

Here’s how honeyeaters and other birds thrive on sugary diets

Mosquitoes began biting humans more than a million years ago

Can you trust the results from gut microbiome tests? Maybe not

Metal pollution from a rocket reentry detected for the first time

Climate change could threaten monarch mass migration

Here’s why sneakers squeak on the basketball court

Keeping a beat wins caterpillars friends in low places

An African monkey ate a rope squirrel and came down with mpox

Intricate silk helps net-casting spiders ensnare prey in webs

A lab on wheels is tracking HIV spread in war-torn Ukraine

Venus has a massive lava tube

Iron Age mass grave may hold unusual victims: mostly women and children

Wanderlust may be written in our DNA

This itch-triggering protein also sends signals to stop scratching

Finding the story

Meds like Ozempic could ease arthritis

‘Project Hail Mary’ made us wonder how to survive a trip to interstellar space

Halting irreversible changes to Antarctica depends on choices made today

Machine learning streamlines the complexities of making better proteins

Snowball Earth might have had a dynamic climate and open seas

A mouth built for efficiency may have helped the earliest bird fly

Home HPV tests won’t replace the ob-gyn

Some dog breeds carry a higher risk of breathing problems

Regeneration of fins and limbs relies on a shared cellular playbook

How tracking golden eagles in Nevada revealed a desert ‘death vortex’

Have we entered a new age of AI-enabled scientific discovery?

Physicists dream up ‘spacetime quasicrystals’ that could underpin the universe

Some snakes lack the ‘hunger hormone.’ Experts are hungry to know why

The Story of Stories traces the arc of storytelling across human history

Real-world medical questions stump AI chatbots

Evolution didn’t wait long after the dinosaurs died

A sea turtle boom may be hiding a population collapse

Crossword: Copy That!

This inside-out planetary system has astronomers scratching their heads

A simple shift in schedule could make cancer immunotherapy work better

This baby sling turns sunlight into treatment for newborn jaundice

Food chains in Caribbean coral reefs are getting shorter

A precise proton measurement helps put a core theory of physics to the test

Fossilized vomit reveals 290-million-year-old predator’s diet

Antibiotics can treat appendicitis for many patients, no surgery needed

Earth’s core may hide dozens of oceans of hydrogen

‘Tell Me Where It Hurts’ sets the record straight on pain — and how to treat it

AI helps archaeologists solve a Roman gaming mystery

Daily cups of caffeinated coffee or mugs of tea may lower dementia risk

The world’s oldest piece of clothing might be an Ice Age–era hide from Oregon

Autistic Barbie reminds us stories have the power to counter misinformation