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Frilly bug feet inspire a water-striding robot

Around the world, birds sing longer in light-polluted areas

The Vera Rubin Observatory is ready to revolutionize astronomy

mRNA vaccines hold promise for many diseases. Now the tech is under fire

These giant carnivorous bats hug, cuddle — and even share dinner

A dying star revealed its heart

Measure blood sugar with a grain of salt

See how fractals forever changed math and science

Could babies get bird flu through breast milk? Maybe, a study hints

Scientists are people too, a new book reminds readers

These female divers spend more time underwater than any other humans

Streaked shearwaters poop only while flying over the ocean

Astronauts need oxygen. Magnets could help

Ancient hominids made long road trips to collect stone for tools

The oldest known black hole formed more than 13.3 billion years ago

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A single protein makes lovesick flies spill their guts

How alien ‘canals’ sparked debate over life on Mars

Cosmic rays could, in theory, sustain life on other worlds

A glacier burst, flooding Juneau. Again. This one broke records

A 104-centimeter-long hair could rewrite recordkeeping in Inca society

Sunlight is all that’s needed to keep these tiny aircraft aloft

Warm autumns could be a driver in monarch butterflies’ decline

Stopping menopausal hormones may require more bone monitoring

The sugar substitute sucralose makes immunotherapy less effective

Scientists re-create a legendary golden fabric from clam waste

Dinosaur teeth reveal some were picky eaters

See how aerosols loft through Earth’s sky

How flossing a mouse’s teeth could lead to a new kind of vaccine

Squashing the spotted lanternfly problem may require enlisting other species

New clues emerge on how foods spark anaphylaxis

A giant planet may orbit our closest sunlike neighbor

This ancient Siberian ice mummy had a talented tattooist

7 stone tools might rewrite the timeline of hominid migration in Indonesia

A newly discovered gene helped this moss defy gravity

This snail may hold a secret to human eye regeneration

These plants build ant condos that keep warring species apart

The U.S. government wants to go ‘all in’ on AI. There are big risks

What is the best exercise to improve sleep?

The mystery of melting sea stars may finally be solved

Higher colon cancer rates may reflect earlier screening success

Seven superclouds sit just beyond the solar system

Some probiotics could feed, rather than fend off, infections

The Webb space telescope spies its first black holes snacking on stars

Some U.S. newborns still get HIV despite efforts to screen for it. Here’s why

A new species of ‘penis worm’ was discovered in the Grand Canyon

Potatoes have their roots in ancient tomatoes

A Midwest ‘megaflash’ is the longest lightning on record

Why devastating tsunamis didn’t follow the Russia earthquake

A molecule produced by gut microbes may help spur heart disease