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Brutal Southwest Heat Wave Will Extend Streak of 100 Days of 100 Degrees F

Dozens of viruses detected in Chinese fur farm animals

Boeing will fly its empty capsule back to Earth soon. Two NASA astronauts will stay behind

STEM afterschool programs' benefits extend to friend groups

Scientists uncover hidden source of snow melt: Dark brown carbon

Researchers create new tool to analyze embodied carbon in more than 1 million buildings in Chicago

The 15 top methane-emitting nations lack policies to rein them in

Study shows 1 in 15 young mothers is involved in care proceedings before their eldest child is 10

RNA editing plays critical role in fruit flies' sense of smell and social interactions

Two billion termites in two weeks: How Amur falcons cross the Arabian Sea

How gravitational waves could help detect Star Trek-style warp drive spaceships

Developing bird migration tracking with call detection technology

India's new mega-dam will roil lives downstream with wild swings in water flow every day

Few anti-immigration users dominate most UK-based Twitter anti-immigration content with rapid spread, high polarization

Q&A: Making the case for artisanal and small-scale mining

EV charging stations boost spending at nearby businesses

How Earth's most intense heat wave ever impacted life in Antarctica

Distorted galaxy forming cosmic question mark

Providing blooms all season long may be key to attracting pollinators, no matter what landscape is near your garden

Agriculture accelerated human genome evolution to capture energy from starchy foods

Licking an ice lolly at school might make a good memory, but this isn't the secret to learning science

Grenfell victims were 'overcome by toxic gases' after construction loophole

We need transparency from the companies disseminating misinformation

Two new books explore how UFOs captured the world’s imagination

The Starliner stranding shows why NASA was wise to have a backup plan

Nexus review: Yuval Noah Harari is out of his depth in his new book

Media portrayals peddle a dangerous fiction about substance misuse

Get ready to spot comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS next month

Does this title say it all? "Penile injuries from vacuum cleaners"

Close-up photographs of seeds show their intricate beauty

A podcast explores how sport is drawing the line between men and women

A note from the executive editor on New Scientist Live

Temperature fluctuations significantly affect dragonfly perception, study shows

How stories can teach young people about life in a changing climate

Entangled photon pairs enable hidden image encoding

Puny chocolate bars and miniature crisps: Is 'shrinkflation' the worst business practice ever?

The Reality Ouroboros

Researchers find genetic variant for speed of hair graying, susceptibility to skin melanoma in horses

In defense of slugs

Domesticating horses had a huge impact on human society—new science rewrites where and when it first happened

How Testosterone Changes the Immune System in Trans Men

Accelerator report: LHC run 3 achieves record-breaking integrated luminosity

Brain scanning approach shows wiring of depression

Researchers identify mechanism underlying allergic itching, and show it can be blocked

Study shows how oceans are key to addressing global challenges

Immune cells prevent lung healing after viral infection

Traditional infrastructure design often makes extreme flooding events worse

A new role for intelligent tutors powered by AI in brain surgery?

At-risk butterflies more likely to survive with human help