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- Cosmology
Brightest supernova breaks record
A recent supernova shines with the light of 600 billion suns.
- Astronomy
Massive black hole lurks in lightweight galaxy
A heavyweight black hole grew to weigh as much as 7 billion suns within the first 2 billion years after the Big Bang.
- Earth
Natural concrete keeps lid on Italian volcano
Naturally occurring, concretelike rock allows the ground around Italy’s Campi Flegrei caldera to bulge without bursting.
- Tech
3-D–printed body helps jumping robot land on its feet
To launch itself into the air, a jumping robot relies on a 3-D–printed body made of a gradient of soft and stiff plastics.
- Animals
Giant pandas live in the slow lane
Giant pandas burn far less energy than similarly sized land mammals.
- Climate
Bumblebee territory shrinking under climate change
Climate change is shrinking bumblebee habitat as southern territories heat up and bumblebees hold their lines in the north.
- Astronomy
Exploding star breaks record for brightest supernova
A recent supernova shines with the light of 600 billion suns.
- Paleontology
How dinos like Triceratops got their horns
A new dino named Wendiceratops pinhornensis gives hints about how Triceratops and other relatives got their horns.
- Genetics
Gene therapy restores hearing in mice
Scientists have used gene therapy to restore hearing in deaf mice.
- Animals
Cuckoos may have a long-lasting impact on other birds
Some birds that don’t have to worry about parasites like cuckoos reject eggs that aren’t their own. It might be a legacy of long-ago parasitism.
- Climate
Greenland’s out-of-sync climate explained
Small variations in the sun’s activity cause big changes in Greenland’s temperatures decades later by altering ocean currents, new research suggests.
- Health & Medicine
New cases of Ebola emerge in Liberia
Liberia has recorded three new Ebola cases after being declared free of the disease in May.
