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The best new popular science books of May 2026

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Ice Age butcher's tools are a sign of ancient humans' creativity during hard times

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Poop, stomach oil and ostrich eggshells keep records of Earth’s ancient climate

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New “Trojan horse” obesity drug supercharges weight loss in early tests

Scientists discover why Ozempic works better for some people

Skeletons of four doomed Franklin Expedition sailors identified with DNA

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Scientists find a way to stop dangerous belly fat as we age

Rapidly melting Antarctic ice shelves may cause global sea levels to rise far faster than expected

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These monster black holes did not form the usual way—their history of violence is written into spacetime ripples

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Troubled waters: Jakarta battles deadly, invasive suckerfish

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Scientists accidentally discover DNA that breaks the rules of life

Pressure from individual particles measured for the first time

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People once risked everything just to keep their hats on

Math and statistics help explain the FBI’s ‘missing scientists’ cases

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Your DNA may predict your future success more than your upbringing

Scientists reverse diabetes in mice with lab-grown insulin cells

Scientists finally solve 40-year-old physics puzzle about how things grow

College students are noticing their AI‑smoothed writing sounds strong—and not like them

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Magnetic 'super lenses' open new window on high-temperature superconductors

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Hourglass nanographenes unlock strong, robust multi-spin entanglement

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Antimalarial drug hunt uncovers enzyme target with potent new inhibitors

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This town found clean energy deep inside old coal mines

Sound waves create mist that can act like 'plant sunscreen'

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Researchers discover a new pathway to building energy-efficient computing chips

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Rare footage of elusive sea-floor creatures and backward-swimming fish captured by compact video-acoustic system

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Clean energy's nickel rush is heading straight for some of Earth's richest ecosystems

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Selling yourself short: New research shows how sexualized dating profiles can undermine long-term appeal

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Cold-triggered ion channel in bacteria may point to broader temperature-sensing mechanism

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How higher temperatures can benefit (or devastate) bumble bee populations

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A study on intergenerational coexistence at a university helps dismantle stereotypes associated with ageism

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NASA captures wild swirling clouds and rare arctic storm over Alaska

The Mysterious Hantavirus Outbreak That Put the Virus on the Western Map

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Gut bacteria reveal hidden evolutionary lineages tied to aging and disease

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An experiment shows that yellow trout can grow larger than the wild strain

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Dynamic catalyst interfaces offer a smarter route for converting CO₂ into formic acid

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How the rise of continents may have set the stage for life on Earth

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Genetic 'bonus material' boosts gut bacterium's oxygen tolerance up to 1,000-fold

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Membrane complex aids rock-eating microbes in converting carbon dioxide to biomass

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Cool beans, smart roots: Special cell helps seedlings survive drought battered and nutrient poor soils

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Blue Origin’s new moon lander just survived extreme space testing on Earth

Hybrid vein networks in tree leaves reveal a new model of biological design

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Nature draws more tourists to the Canary Islands than previously believed

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Roman Space Telescope poised to transform hunt for elusive neutron stars

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NASA just tested a powerful new thruster that could send humans to Mars

'Atomic snapshots' of proofreading enzyme could lead to better COVID-19 drugs

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Nitrogen pollution identified as major driver of biodiversity loss in UK coastal waters

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Twisting atom-thin materials reveals new way to save computing energy

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Indigenous lands can outperform protected areas on conservation, researchers find

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New long-necked dinosaur found in Northeast Brazil was a close relative of a European species

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Love hormone enters battle mode, exposing rivalry and group lines in Amazon study

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