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A collage highlights a central fragment of ancient pottery decorated with black circular dot patterns, surrounded by other ceramic pieces with painted designs.

This ancient pottery holds the earliest evidence of humans doing math

Flower designs on 8,000-year-old Mesopotamian pots reveal a “mathematical knowledge” perhaps developed to share land and crops, archaeologists say.

By Tom Metcalfe6 hours ago

A closeup of a tan and brown snake shows its head popping up above its coiled body and its tongue out.

Health & Medicine

Botox could be used to fight snakebite

By Jake Buehler8 hours ago

Two bumblebees drink liquid out of a shallow dish.

Physics

Queen bumblebees are poor foragers thanks to sparse tongue hair

By Emily ConoverJanuary 12, 2026

Plants

In a new kind of plant trickery, this yam fools birds with fake berries

By Elizabeth PennisiJanuary 12, 2026

Animals

Among chimpanzees, thrill-seeking peaks in toddlerhood

By Sujata GuptaJanuary 12, 2026

A close-up photo shows a black sawfly perched on the edge of a green leaf, with its wings folded along its body.

Animals

An all-female wasp is rapidly spreading across North America’s elms

By Ute EberleJanuary 9, 2026

A large oblong space rock sails through a field of other asteroids on a black background

Planetary Science

A newly spotted asteroid spins faster than any of its size ever seen

By Lisa GrossmanJanuary 9, 2026

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Spotlight on Health

A health care worker wearing blue gloves applies a small adhesive bandage to a child’s upper arm after vaccination.

What science says about the Trump administration’s new vaccine schedule

The federal move to no longer recommend certain vaccines for all U.S. children is not supported by new evidence and could undermine health gains.

By Aimee CunninghamJanuary 8, 2026
New dietary guidelines flip the food pyramid
Research hailing the benefits of the COVID-19 shot keeps coming

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These scientific discoveries brought us joy in 2025

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