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Animals

Is camouflage better than warning colors? For insects, it depends

The effectiveness of camouflage or warning colors for insect defense depends on conditions such as light levels and how many predators are around.

By Jake Buehler5 hours ago

Three skulls sit on a table. One fossil on the left is largely crushed. One on the right is slightly deformed. In the center, a gray reconstruction depicts what the one on the right would have originally looked like.

An ancient Chinese skull might change how we see our human roots

By Bruce Bower5 hours ago

A person's hand holding an open photo album with its pages full of pictures, some labelled "Early summer in the backyard."

Striking moments make previous memories stronger

By Sujata Gupta8 hours ago

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Physics

Ice is more flexible than you think, a new nano-movie shows

By Rachel Berkowitz14 hours ago

An artist’s rendering of the dwarf planet Makemake with its small moon in the foreground. The reddish, pitted surface of Makemake is partially in shadow. The sun, seen as a bright star, and the faint band of the Milky Way stretch across the background.

Planetary Science

Dwarf planet Makemake sports the most remote gas in the solar system

By Ken CroswellSeptember 24, 2025

Greece's volcanic Santorini island, shown here, competes for magma with nearby Kolumbo volcano.

Earth

Two of Greece’s most dangerous volcanoes share an underground link

By Carolyn GramlingSeptember 24, 2025

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Microbes

Staph bacteria are bad at letting go

By Erin Garcia de JesúsSeptember 24, 2025

We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.

Spotlight on Health

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A new drug shows promise for hard-to-treat high blood pressure

Results from a large trial suggest baxdrostat could provide a new option for people whose blood pressure remains high despite standard treatment.

By Isha IshtiaqSeptember 17, 2025
Staying on the keto diet long term could carry health risks
Cancer patients froze reproductive tissue as kids. Now they’re coming back for it

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Tug or fetch? Some dogs sort toys by how they are used

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Life

A sixth mass extinction? Not so fast, some scientists say

By Jake BuehlerSeptember 4, 2025
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By Jake BuehlerAugust 28, 2025
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Humans

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By Meghan RosenSeptember 12, 2025
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Climate

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Astronomy

Astronomers detect the brightest ever fast radio burst

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Physics

Scientists made a biological quantum bit out of a fluorescent protein

By Emily ConoverSeptember 12, 2025
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By Emily ConoverAugust 13, 2025
Scientists 3-D printed a tiny elephant inside a cell

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Health & Medicine

With little proof, Trump links Tylenol to autism and touts a treatment

By Laura SandersSeptember 23, 2025
A handheld ‘bone printer’ shows promise in animal tests

By Payal DharSeptember 18, 2025
Why are so many young people getting cancer?

By Fred SchwallerSeptember 18, 2025

Earth

Recycled glass could help fend off coastal erosion

By Jude ColemanSeptember 12, 2025
20 years after Hurricane Katrina, is the U.S. better prepared?

By Carolyn GramlingAugust 28, 2025
Useful metals get unearthed in U.S. mines, then they’re tossed

By Nikk OgasaAugust 26, 2025

Science & Society

Scientists are people too, a new book reminds readers

By Karen KwonAugust 19, 2025
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By Sujata GuptaJuly 22, 2025
A Supreme Court ruling on nuclear waste spotlights U.S. storage woes

By Emily ConoverJune 18, 2025