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Farewell to a Giant of Botany

A SpaceX rocket booster may be on track to hit the moon in August

Watch NASA test its new X-59 jet designed to go faster than the speed of sound

Widespread genetic exchange in disease-causing parasites revealed

Mechanochemistry simplifies synthesis of challenging conductive organic molecules

Stealth switch in tuberculosis enzyme could open route to drug-resistant treatment

Q&A: How the legal opium market shaped global trade—and led to an opioid crisis

Uncovering Hidden Martian Glaciers With Drones

A leading journal finds that AI is flooding academic publishing with lower quality work

Proton beam timing tool could check radiotherapy energy before nearly every treatment

How sulfur oxidation states shape the behavior of sugar-based surfactant molecules

Azide-to-diazo reaction unlocks safer path to versatile nitrogen-rich compounds

Seeing an eclipse from Earth is awe‑inspiring—for astronauts in space, the scene was even more grand

How photosynthetic bacteria pass light along: Two major energy pathways identified

The way a cell fails to divide after copying its DNA can determine its fate

Policies intended to protect trade secrets may limit late-career wages

2026 will be the hottest year on record, leading scientist predicts

A new way to plan trajectories to asteroids

Slower access, faster chemistry: Nanoreactor design improves catalysis by balancing molecular flow

How Does Your Brain Know a Cat Is a Cat?

Americans care more about future generations than many think—and that gap could matter for policy

Bigger, faster, but still outfoxed: How prey escape predators

5th-century Belgian burial with 'scrap metal' may reveal missing link between Roman and Merovingian monetary systems

Dolls beat screens for building children's social skills, study finds

New lithium-plasma engine passes key Mars propulsion test

How genetic information helps cells resist chaos and stay alive

A third of U.S. adults don’t get enough sleep, new CDC report warns

Living near a gas station raises childhood cancer risk, study shows

Understanding the inspiration for social entrepreneurship

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

US lawmakers vote to cut science spending—but reject Trump’s sweeping reductions

Explosive evaporation unlocks new possibilities in 3D printing and chemical analysis

Sentinel-1D goes live: A milestone for Europe's radar mission

AI tackles one of math's most brutal problems: Inverse PDEs

'A study showed…' isn't enough—scientific knowledge builds incrementally as researchers revisit questions

A Treasure Trove of Cambrian Fossils Rewrites the Story of Early Life

Long-term study of COVID lockdown and family life shows unexpected, lasting effects on fatherhood

Sramcbled wrods: The real reason you can still read jumbled text

Should politics influence science, and vice versa? National Science Board's ousting resurrects an existential debate

When the Schuylkill swallowed the city: Lessons from Hurricane Ida's historic flood

Here’s Why Dreams During Naps Are So Weird

After flames strip hillsides bare, the next storm can unleash something far more destructive downstream

How to talk to children when terrorist attacks and violence dominate the news

You don’t need intense workouts to build muscle, new study reveals

Intimate partner violence is a hidden contributor to women's suicide

DESI-HVS1 is an old hypervelocity star ejected from the galactic center, observations suggest

The spring migration of birds is peaking. Here’s how to watch

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

Hunting the elusive Eta Aquariid meteors

Under crushing hypergravity, fruit flies adapt—and recover