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Space

For an asteroid, Ryugu has surprisingly little dust on its surface

Ryugu lacks the dust that some other space rocks have. The near-Earth asteroid may hide the fine debris inside porous rocks or eject it into space.

By Lisa Grossman10 hours ago

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Health & Medicine

Vaping may have sent 153 people to hospitals with severe lung injuries

By Aimee Cunningham11 hours ago

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Climate

Climate change may make El Niño and La Niña less predictable

By Maria TemmingAugust 21, 2019

Health & Medicine

High blood pressure throughout middle age may increase the risk of dementia

By Aimee Cunningham17 hours ago

A tiny skull fossil suggests primate brain areas evolved separately

By Bruce BowerAugust 21, 2019

Quantum Physics

Quantum physicists have teleported ‘qutrits’ for the first time

By Emily ConoverAugust 21, 2019

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By Nancy ShuteAugust 20, 2019

Quantum Physics
Quantum physicists have teleported ‘qutrits’ for the first time

By Emily ConoverAugust 21, 2019
Health & Medicine
High blood pressure throughout middle age may increase the risk of dementia

By Aimee Cunningham17 hours ago
Climate
Climate change may make El Niño and La Niña less predictable

By Maria TemmingAugust 21, 2019
Health & Medicine
Vaping may have sent 153 people to hospitals with severe lung injuries

By Aimee Cunningham11 hours ago
Space
For an asteroid, Ryugu has surprisingly little dust on its surface

By Lisa Grossman10 hours ago
Anthropology
A tiny skull fossil suggests primate brain areas evolved separately

By Bruce BowerAugust 21, 2019
Chemistry
Chemists have created and imaged a new form of carbon

By Emily ConoverAugust 15, 2019
Earth
Erosion has erased most of Earth’s impact craters. Here are the survivors

By Emily DeMarcoDecember 18, 2018

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International Year of the Periodic Table

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Extreme elements push the boundaries of the periodic table

The hunt for the next elements on the periodic table might turn up superheavy atoms that flaunt the rules of chemistry.

By Emily ConoverFebruary 27, 2019
How the periodic table went from a sketch to an enduring masterpiece
150 years on, the periodic table has more stories than it has elements

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Life

Big and bold wasp queens may create more successful colonies

By Carolyn WilkeAugust 20, 2019
Electrodes show a glimpse of memories emerging in a brain

By Laura SandersAugust 19, 2019
Alzheimer’s targets brain cells that help people stay awake

By Laura SandersAugust 16, 2019

Humans

India’s Skeleton Lake contains the bones of mysterious European migrants

By Bruce BowerAugust 20, 2019
A new FDA-approved drug takes aim at a deadly form of tuberculosis

By Aimee CunninghamAugust 16, 2019
The first chlamydia vaccine has passed a major test

By Aimee CunninghamAugust 15, 2019

Earth

Climate misinformation may be thriving on YouTube, a social scientist warns

By Sujata GuptaAugust 19, 2019
Fluid in superdeep diamonds may be from some of Earth’s oldest unchanged material

By Maria TemmingAugust 15, 2019
The worst wildfires can send smoke high enough to affect the ozone layer

By Megan SeverAugust 8, 2019

Space

LIGO and Virgo probably spotted the first black hole swallowing up a neutron star

By Emily ConoverAugust 15, 2019
A planetary body may have smashed into Jupiter, creating its weird core

By Maria TemmingAugust 14, 2019
Astronomers just quintupled the number of known repeating fast radio bursts

By Lisa GrossmanAugust 14, 2019

Physics

New cloaking devices could hide objects from water waves and currents

By Emily ConoverAugust 15, 2019
Exploding stars scattered traces of iron over Antarctic snow

By Emily ConoverAugust 9, 2019
50 years ago, Fermilab turned to bubbles

By Bethany BrookshireAugust 8, 2019

Tech

Tiny magnetic coils could help break down microplastic pollution

By Maria TemmingJuly 31, 2019
50 years ago, lambs survived but didn’t thrive inside artificial wombs

By Maria TemmingJuly 18, 2019
This solar-powered device produces energy and cleans water at the same time

By Maria TemmingJuly 12, 2019

Science & Society

How the 5 riskiest U.S. cities for coastal flooding are preparing for rising tides

By Mary Caperton MortonAugust 6, 2019
With nowhere to hide from rising seas, Boston prepares for a wetter future

By Mary Caperton MortonAugust 6, 2019
Public trust that scientists work for the good of society is growing

By Katy DaigleAugust 2, 2019

Chemistry

Chemists have created and imaged a new form of carbon

By Emily ConoverAugust 15, 2019
A fungus makes a chemical that neutralizes the stench of skunk spray

By Carolyn WilkeAugust 6, 2019
Droplets of these simple molecules may have helped kick-start life on Earth

By Carmen DrahlJuly 22, 2019