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An illustration of Ediacaran animals based on their fossils.

Fossils reveal many complex animals existed before the Cambrian explosion

Hundreds of Chinese fossils from the dawn of animal evolution may change how scientists think of this critical period of prehistory.

By Jake Buehler32 minutes ago

A cicada nymph with white paint around the top of its head clings to a stick on a bed of grass

Animals

To climb trees, cicadas look to the shadows

By Elie Dolgin5 hours ago

An image of two sides of a die from early Native American cultures.

The oldest known dice date back about 12,000 years in North America

By Rebecca Dzombak15 hours ago

Space

Artemis II sends humans around the moon for first time since Apollo

By Nikk Ogasa20 hours ago

A web of blue lines etch the outline of a heart against a black background in an illustration meant to evoke the idea of a digital version of the organ.

Health & Medicine

Digital heart twins can guide a lifesaving procedure

By Elie Dolgin22 hours ago

An illustration shows two views of a many-legged sea arthropod from above and below, highlighting its front claws and underside appendages.

A fossil reveals early relatives of spiders — armed with claws

By Tom MetcalfeApril 1, 2026

An grid of multitudes of quantum bits, each associated with a single logical quantum bits, pictured next to a small array of quantum bits with multiple logical quantum bits

Quantum Physics

Just 10,000 quantum bits might crack internet encryption schemes

By Emily ConoverApril 1, 2026

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Amid vaccine policy whiplash, here’s how a pediatrician talks to families

A court ruling that blocks Trump administration vaccine policy is a win for science. But much work remains to rebuild trust in vaccines.

By Aimee CunninghamMarch 20, 2026
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