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How luna moths grow extravagant wings

Venus’ tectonics may be actively reshaping its surface

Males of this ancient human cousin weren’t always bigger than females

Students’ mental health imperiled by $1 billion cuts to school funding

Genetics might save the rare, elusive saola — if it’s not already extinct

A passing star could fling Earth out of orbit

Personalized gene editing saved a baby, but the tech’s future is uncertain

‘Silent’ cells play a surprising role in how brains work

Bedbugs may have been one of the first urban pests

Humans used whale bones to make tools 20,000 years ago

The first cicada concert was 47 million years ago

The long and short of science

Readers discuss the biology of sex, plastic in the brain and more

Math puzzle: The conundrum of sharing

Wet fingers always wrinkle in the same way

Sloths once came in a dizzying array of sizes. Here’s why

It’s tricky to transplant a bladder. How surgeons finally did it

Penguin poop gives Antarctic cloud formation a boost

Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ plan has a major obstacle: Physics

Don’t wait until menopause to strengthen your bones

Gamma rays flared as this lightning bolt formed

A new AI-based weather tool surpasses current forecasts

Scientists used a levitating magnet to hunt for dark matter

FDA significantly limits access to COVID-19 vaccines

Biden’s prostate cancer is incurable, but it is treatable

The unsung women of quantum physics get their due

As quantum mechanics turns 100, a new revolution is under way

Juvenile capuchins are kidnapping infants of another monkey species

A ‘talking’ ape’s death signals the end of an era

Some science seems silly, but it’s still worthwhile

RSV wasn’t as hard on U.S. babies last winter. This may be why

New audio tech could let you listen privately without headphones

FDA plan to ban fluoride supplements baffles and alarms dental experts

An at-home cervical cancer screening device was OK‘d by the FDA

What gene makes orange cats orange? Scientists figured it out

Seafloor amber may hold hints of a tsunami 115 million years ago

Cryopreservation is not sci-fi. It may save plants from extinction

Perseverance takes the first picture of a visible Martian aurora

This exquisite Archaeopteryx fossil reveals how flight took off in birds

HHS says new vaccines should be tested against placebos. They already are

Wild chimpanzees give first aid to each other

A leaf’s geometry determines whether it falls far from its tree

Humans have shockingly few ways to treat fungal infections

This tool-wielding assassin turns its prey’s defenses into a trap

A chemical in plastics is tied to heart disease deaths

Skyborne specks of life may influence rainfall patterns

Neandertals may have hunted in horse-trapping teams 200,000 years ago

Chimp chatter is a lot more like human language than previously thought

How to fight Lyme may lie in the biology of its disease-causing bacteria

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