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Here’s how long it would take 100 worms to eat the plastic in one face mask

Starchy nanofibers shatter the record for world’s thinnest pasta

Ethiopian wolves are the first large carnivores found to slurp nectar

An unexpected ice collapse hints at worrying changes on the Antarctic coast

Neandertals may have built a hearth specifically to make tar

Electronic ‘tattoos’ offer an alternative to electrodes for brain monitoring

Giant hornets have been sighted in Europe for the first time

Readers ask about glowing bat toes and a rare particle decay

Re-engineering where body meets machine

A new biography of Benjamin Franklin puts science at the forefront

50 years ago, physics underwent a major revolution

Videos capture orcas’ tricks for taking down the largest fish on Earth

Footprints offer a rare look at ancient human relatives crossing paths

What will it take to defend the world from an asteroid?

Sluggish proteins may underpin aging and chronic disease

Cervical cancer deaths are plummeting among young U.S. women

This ‘hidden figure’ of entomology fought for civil rights

Like brain cells, kidney cells can form memories

China’s famously rich dinosaur fossil beds get a new origins story

From electric cars to wildfires, how Trump may affect climate actions

Dengue is classified as an urban disease. Mosquitoes don’t care

Refurbished heart pacemakers work like new

Ancient Central Americans built a massive fish-trapping system

Satellite space junk might wreak havoc on the stratosphere

Scientists identify a long-sought by-product of some drinking water treatments