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Ötzi the Iceman’s remains yielded ‘viable’ yeasts in the lab

Microsoft’s quantum chip got an upgrade. Critics are still skeptical

The math of choosing a restaurant meal is revealed in Richard Feynman’s notes

More young people are looking to AI chatbots for mental health help

A tiny part of your brain may still listen under anesthesia

A new pancreatic cancer pill may be a game changer for patients

Here’s how to make an origami torus with the fewest folds possible

Europa may not vent water into space after all

Homing pigeons may use a surprising navigation mechanism

Can DEET attract mosquitoes? A lab study offers clues

A $4 tongue swab test detects tuberculosis within 30 minutes

Huge volcanic eruption offers clues to fighting climate change

Grapefruit-sized hail may become more common in a warmer world

AI bots ignore evidence. Can we trust them with science?

Solar flares may show predictable warning signs hours before erupting

Why is hantavirus so deadly? It’s not what you may think

Even careful scuba divers can damage coral reefs

The science of us

Physics explains why gold stays pristine

Congo prepared for Ebola. Now a rare strain is exposing gaps in readiness

Ultrasound aimed at the brain offers new hope for Parkinson’s patients

How house design can curb childhood illnesses in Africa

Math puzzle: The Ant Goes Marching

New tools may help diagnose Parkinson’s earlier than ever

Screening all kids for type 1 diabetes can catch more cases early

One mystery of the Great Pyramid’s longevity has finally been solved

Seabirds weren’t fooled by a scarecrow-like buoy with rotating eyes

An ancient moonpocalypse may explain Neptune’s odd moon Nereid

How to scout a safe summer swimming hole

The outlook for a climate-regulating ocean current is…not good

‘Morbid’ doesn’t want you to fall for antiaging hype

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