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A diagram showing the orbits of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS (a possible comet) and the sun.

Space

A newly discovered interstellar object might predate the solar system

3I/ATLAS might be over 7 billion years old, a new study reports, which would make it the oldest comet known. But experts caution we need more data.

By Celina Zhao17 hours ago

A fork next to scratches on a nonstick pan's surface. Many nonstick pans contain PFAS, which build up in the body but may be expelled by some gut microbes.

Gut microbes may flush ‘forever chemicals’ from the body

By Erin Garcia de Jesús19 hours ago

An illustration of the New Horizons probe in front of Pluto, with its moon Charon in the background.

Planetary Science

New Horizons visited Pluto 10 years ago. We’re still learning from it

By McKenzie Prillaman20 hours ago

Image of Qimmit sled dogs. The genes of this canine suggest early humans may have come to Greenland earlier than previously thought.

Animals

Greenland sled dog DNA is a window into the Arctic’s archaeological past

By Jake BuehlerJuly 10, 2025

Illustration of a smiling, human-like tree walking through a forest, wearing a t-shirt, surrounded by two blue birds.

Climate

Trees can’t get up and walk away, but forests can

By Sophie HartleyJuly 10, 2025

Wild birds fly by a poultry farm in Illinois

Animals

As bird flu evolves, keeping it out of farm flocks is getting harder

By Tina Hesman SaeyJuly 9, 2025

Close-up view of a reddish, cone-shaped rock with deep, radiating grooves etched into its surface, set against a black background.

Earth

An ancient Earth impact could help in the search for Martian life

By Douglas FoxJuly 9, 2025

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Spotlight on Vaccines

A protestor wearing a black bucket hat holds out a hand-lettered white sign as silver car passes. The sign says "Vaccines cause adults." Vaccines is written in red and cause adults is in black.

Vaccine policy in the U.S. is entering uncharted territory

A key advisory group vows to base decisions on evidence, boost confidence in vaccines and protect health. Experts fear the opposite is happening.

By Tina Hesman SaeyJuly 2, 2025
Lack of Evidence: Vaccine additive not linked to developmental problems
Epidemics have happened before and they’ll happen again. What will we remember?

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A person prepares to hit a squash ball with a racket.

No player can return this killer shot. Physics explains how it works

Squash’s killer “nick shot” has a formula. It’s all about height and timing, a new study shows.

Two killer whales are shown rubbing a small piece of brown kelp between their bodies. One whale is to the upper left. The other is to the bottom right. The second whale's nose comes about halfway up the first's body, lining up with its dorsal fin.

Killer whales may use kelp brushes to slough off rough skin

A black circle perfectly blocks the sun in an artificial solar eclipse. The sun's corona and wispy rays radiate from it in lime green.

Two spacecraft created their first images of an artificial solar eclipse

A whale shark looks toward the camera in an underwater photograph. Black-and-white striped fish swim in front of the shark and a scuba diver is in the distance.

50 years after ‘Jaws,’ sharks face their own terror

A seal with speckled gray and black fur swims through an underwater kelp forest, facing the camera.

U.S. seal populations have rebounded — and so have their conflicts with humans

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Life

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Humans

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Astronomy

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Physics

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Earth

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Science & Society

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