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Why only a small number of planets are suitable for life

Tiny Enceladus exercises giant electromagnetic influence at Saturn

Gravitational wave signal proves Einstein was right about relativity

Exploring why some children struggle to learn math

A smashing success: Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider wraps up final collisions

Goats can play a role in multi-pronged restoration of buckthorn-invaded woodlands

In Antarctica, balloon lands after 23-day search for particles from outer space

Why city ants seem less picky: Urban stress may dilute their usual food supply

5,300-year-old 'bow drill' rewrites story of ancient Egyptian tools

Launch to ISS pushed to Thursday over weather: NASA

Why elite chess ratings get stuck: A new model treats draws as data

The North American wild mountain sheep could face extinction unless habitat gets protection, say experts

Mathematicians launch First Proof, a first-of-its-kind math exam for AI

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show highlighted Puerto Rico’s power grid. Here’s why

Reparations research highlights roots of African inequality

Physicists clarify key mechanism behind energy release in molybdenum-93

When Valentine's Day forces a relationship reckoning

Why walking in a national park in the dark prompts people to turn off lights at home

The brilliant and bizarre ways birds use their sense of smell—from natural cologne to pest control

Drastic seaweed growth threatens marine life and fishing—but also offers opportunities

The Woman Who Paved the Way for IVF

Why do disasters still happen, despite early warnings? Because systems are built to wait for certainty

How husbands and wives try to find a balance between beauty and status—new research

Looking for advanced aliens? Search for exoplanets with large coal deposits

Why melting glaciers are drawing more visitors and what that says about climate change

Scientists harness nature's chirality bias to design series of complex mechanically interlocked molecules

Elon Musk says SpaceX will prioritize establishing a city on the moon instead of building a Mars colony

Rural backlash against green levies 'rooted in sense of unfairness'

'Hidden' group of gut bacteria may be essential to good health

Your BMI can't tell you much about your health – here's what can

We’re finally abandoning BMI for better ways to assess body fat

Daily cups of caffeinated coffee or mugs of tea may lower dementia risk

Quantum dots reveal entropy production, a key measure of nanoscale energy dissipation

New study reveals why adults go missing repeatedly—and how better support could break the cycle

Tree planting can combat urban heat, but some neighborhoods are falling behind

Leading AI models struggle to solve original math problems

Fed on Reams of Cell Data, AI Maps New Neighborhoods in the Brain

Simple at-home tests strips can detect cat and dog viruses

A long-lost Soviet spacecraft: AI could finally solve the mystery of Luna 9's landing site

How fast can a microlaser switch 'modes?' A simple rule reveals a power-law time scaling

Third exoplanet detected in the planetary system HD 176986

How big can a planet be? With very large gas giants, it can be hard to tell

How an ancient seafloor turned Arkansas into 'Sharkansas,' a shark fossil hotspot

Research finds AI-integrated coursework strengthens student learning and career skills

The world’s oldest piece of clothing might be an Ice Age–era hide from Oregon

The Dying Children Who Suddenly Wake Up

Specific cognitive training has 'astonishing' effect on dementia risk

Mathematicians discover new ways to make round shapes

Scientists were wrong for decades about DNA knots

Jeff Goldblum should make a film about this legendary mathematician