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What freediving can reveal about human health — and our limits

AI-powered whale-spotting tech may help save San Francisco Bay’s gray whales

Damaged DNA can spread between human cells. What could that mean for cancer?

Antarctic plants may face a growing fungal threat from warming soils

A ‘jar’ jammed with human bones may solve Laos’ ‘Plain of Jars’ mystery

Meet ‘Snuffleupagus,’ a newfound fish sporting shaggy camouflage

After Dobbs, miscarriage care looked different in states with abortion bans

Never-ending storms make for good plot twists. Could they plague Earth?

Crabs’ sideways walk may have evolved just once

Our understanding of Charles Darwin continues to evolve

A Greenland explorer will eat only decaying seal for a month

Water drops on soap bubble films act like merging galaxies

AI can take the friction out of life, but some effort can be good

Female rats like a different kind of tickling than males

First evidence of Neandertal dentistry found in ancient molar

Hantavirus questions grow in the wake of a cruise ship outbreak

To get string theory, you need only four physics assumptions

The crust under Africa is thinning in a way that hasn’t been seen before

Territorial conflict may explain male primates’ large size

Jazz and classical music have become simpler, a new study finds

Uterus transplants can provide a path to pregnancy and parenthood

Astronomers may have found a record-breaking pair of black holes

Some South American rodent-borne viruses may spread as climate warms

Yawning is contagious — even in the womb

If wings came before flight, what were they for?

To understand black holes, physicists turn to a mathematical ‘Rosetta stone’

Why some brain cells are particularly vulnerable to multiple sclerosis

A grapefruit-sized quantum device mapped Earth’s magnetic field from space

25 people learned to fly with virtual wings. Here’s how the brain changed

Going to space? Always, always pack a camera

A low-cost rotavirus test could save childrens’ lives in Nigeria

Neandertals used rhinoceros teeth as tools

Space junk falls back to Earth faster as sunspot numbers climb

Singing mice puff up air sacs to make their sweet songs

What to know about a rare hantavirus outbreak at sea

Do GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic prevent cancer?

A small object past Pluto may have a thin atmosphere

Newly mapped brain networks link far-flung regions

Celebrate America’s 250th birthday at a new state flower exhibit

Peptides are unproven as health aids. FDA may unleash them anyway

Cows’ methane burps may be fueled by a newfound organelle in gut microbes

Can AI help doctors avoid missed diagnoses? A new study suggests yes

Prenatal surgery for spina bifida may get a boost from stem cells

Seismic data captured the sound of awe during a solar eclipse

Can ‘extinct’ volcanoes still erupt? A Greek peak holds surprising clues

Uranus has weird rings. Astronomers now know the source of two of them

This dangerous pregnancy complication is common. A new treatment might help

The earliest evidence of the first stars may lie in a distant gas clump

Ancient DNA tests the notion that allergies are due to our dirtier past

The secret to perfect espresso? It’s physics