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Planetary Science

A possible new dwarf planet skirts the solar system’s edge

For the dwarf planet candidate, one trip around the sun takes over 24,000 years. Its orbit challenges a proposed path for a hypothetical Planet Nine.

By McKenzie Prillaman8 hours ago

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Health & Medicine

A cup of chickpeas a day lowers cholesterol

By Meghan Rosen10 hours ago

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Space

A private Japanese spacecraft failed on its way to the moon’s surface

By McKenzie Prillaman22 hours ago

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Animals

Preemptively cutting rhinos’ horns cuts poaching

By Jake BuehlerJune 5, 2025

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Precolonial farmers thrived in one of North America’s coldest places

By Bruce BowerJune 5, 2025

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Health & Medicine

A diet full of tiny plastics triggered health problems in mice

By Meghan RosenJune 5, 2025

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Animals

Probiotics helped great star corals fend off a deadly disease

By Martin J. KernanJune 5, 2025

We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.

Spotlight on Health

A smiling baby who got a personalized gene therapy is sitting in a multi-colored striped bouncy seat is surrounded by three siblings. A girl with long red hair and purple bows smiles at the camera on the left. A boy in a blue shirt watches as a girl with long blonde hair held back by a blue bow offers the baby a stuffed toy.

Personalized gene editing saved a baby, but the tech’s future is uncertain

The personalized CRISPR treatment could be the future of gene therapy, but hurdles remain before everyone has access.

By Tina Hesman SaeyMay 28, 2025
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‘Silent’ cells play a surprising role in how brains work

New studies show that astrocytes, long thought to be support cells in the brain, are crucial intermediaries for relaying messages to neurons.

Joe Biden, who was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer, sits with Jill Biden and the couple's gray cat.

Biden’s prostate cancer is incurable, but it is treatable

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An at-home cervical cancer screening device was OK‘d by the FDA

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This tool-wielding assassin turns its prey’s defenses into a trap

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$1.8 billion in NIH grant cuts hit minority health research the hardest

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Life

The first cicada concert was 47 million years ago

By Larissa G. CapellaMay 27, 2025
Gila monsters may struggle to survive climate change

By Jake BuehlerApril 4, 2025
Dark coats may have helped the earliest mammals hide from hungry dinosaurs

By Jake BuehlerMarch 13, 2025

Humans

Ancient horse hunts challenge ideas of ‘modern’ human behavior

By Bruce BowerApril 18, 2025
Biological sex is not as simple as male or female

By Tina Hesman SaeyFebruary 20, 2025
How child soldiers heal after the trauma of war

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Climate

Penguin poop gives Antarctic cloud formation a boost

By Carolyn GramlingMay 22, 2025
Losing a key U.S. climate report would hurt future disaster prep

By Carolyn GramlingMay 2, 2025
Wetland bacteria could make more methane in a warming world

By Carolyn GramlingApril 23, 2025

Astronomy

A dwarf galaxy just might upend the Milky Way’s predicted demise

By Nikk OgasaJune 2, 2025
A gas cloud 5,500 times as massive as the sun lurks nearby

By Mara Johnson-GrohMay 2, 2025
A gas clump in the Milky Way’s neighborhood might be a ‘dark galaxy’

By Mara Johnson-GrohApril 18, 2025

Physics

Scientists used a levitating magnet to hunt for dark matter

By Emily ConoverMay 21, 2025
Physicists explain how cheese rosettes form

By Emily ConoverMay 6, 2025
Here’s how we might generate electricity from rain

By Jude ColemanApril 29, 2025

Health & Medicine

U.S. moms say their mental health is getting worse

By Aimee CunninghamJune 3, 2025
Don’t wait until menopause to strengthen your bones

By Aimee CunninghamMay 22, 2025
FDA significantly limits access to COVID-19 vaccines

By McKenzie PrillamanMay 20, 2025

Earth

Small earthquakes can have a big impact on the movements of major faults

By Nikk OgasaJune 4, 2025
Gamma rays flared as this lightning bolt formed

By Sid PerkinsMay 21, 2025
The United States’ oldest known rock has existed for at least 3.6 billion years

By Evan HowellApril 25, 2025

Science & Society

Students’ mental health imperiled by $1 billion cuts to school funding

By Sujata GuptaMay 29, 2025
Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ plan has a major obstacle: Physics

By Emily ConoverMay 22, 2025
Some science seems silly, but it’s still worthwhile

By Karen KwonMay 16, 2025