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The oldest known ritual chamber in the Middle East has been found

Engravings and other evidence suggest ancient humans attended religious ceremonies in the cave as early as 37,000 years ago.

By Bruce Bower12 hours ago

An illustration of a data center.

Artificial Intelligence

Generative AI is an energy hog. Is the tech worth the environmental cost?

By Lauren Leffer16 hours ago

A colorful Bigfin Reef Squid hovers in very dark water

Health & Medicine

A squid-inspired medical device could reduce the need for needles

By Nora Bradford18 hours ago

An image inside the Notre Dame cathedral shows a high vaulted ceiling and arches.

Physics

Notre Dame is reopening. What does that mean for its acoustics?

By Emily ConoverDecember 6, 2024

An anesthesiologist in blue scrubs and face mask applies anesthesia to a patient while looking at her monitors.

Health & Medicine

Proposed time limits on anesthesia may have jeopardized patient safety

By Sujata GuptaDecember 6, 2024

An artist's illustration of the Europa Clipper spacecraft flying over Jupiter's icy moon Europa.

Space

Space missions spanned the solar system in 2024

By Lisa GrossmanDecember 6, 2024

A yellow circle surrounded by concentric circles fading from orange to blue, with the blue stopping at an arc at the bottom of the image and sweeping back towards the top.

Astronomers see the astrosphere of a sunlike star for the first time

By Lisa GrossmanDecember 6, 2024

Spotlight on Health

A boy in India pours water over his head.

Climate change made 2024 the hottest year on record. The heat was deadly

Heat waves fueled by climate change killed scores of people and upended daily life. Here are some of those stories.

By Carolyn GramlingDecember 5, 2024
How the weight loss drug tirzepatide is also helping heart failure patients
Proposed time limits on anesthesia may have jeopardized patient safety

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An artist's illustration of the Europa Clipper spacecraft flying over Jupiter's icy moon Europa.

Space missions spanned the solar system in 2024

Humankind accomplished new feats in space this year, including scooping up some of the moon’s farside and launching a probe to Jupiter’s moon Europa.

meal worms on a flat surface

Here’s how long it would take 100 worms to eat the plastic in one face mask

A small reddish-orange wolf stretches its neck to lick nectar from the bottom of a cone-shaped flower. The wolf is standing in a field of the flowers.

Ethiopian wolves are the first large carnivores found to slurp nectar

The former Conger ice shelf is shown as a white mass on Earth's face from space.

An unexpected ice collapse hints at worrying changes on the Antarctic coast

A man's scalp with several dots of ink sprayed on and lines of ink connecting the dots to wires taped to his neck.

Electronic ‘tattoos’ offer an alternative to electrodes for brain monitoring

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Life

Trees are failing to adapt to climate change. Losing fungi partners may be why

By Rebecca DzombakDecember 4, 2024
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Humans

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Climate

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Astronomy

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Physics

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Health & Medicine

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By Elie DolginNovember 27, 2024
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By Sujata GuptaNovember 25, 2024

Earth

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By Nikk OgasaOctober 10, 2024
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Science & Society

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