T. rex’s incredible biting force came from its stiff lower jaw
The fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex could generate tremendous bone-crushing bite forces thanks to a stiff lower jaw. That stiffness stemmed from a boomerang-shaped bit of...
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Mangrove forests on the Yucatan Peninsula store record amounts of carbon
Coastal mangrove forests are carbon storage powerhouses, tucking away vast amounts of organic matter among their submerged, tangled root webs. But even for mangroves,...
These climate-friendly microbes recycle carbon without producing methane
Earth’s hot springs and hydrothermal vents are home to a previously unidentified group of archaea. And, unlike similar tiny, single-celled organisms that live deep...
Saturn has a fuzzy core, spread over more than half the planet’s diameter
One of Saturn’s rings has revealed properties of its core, hidden deep beneath the planet’s golden atmosphere. That core isn’t the lump of rock...
How to detect, resist and counter the flood of fake news
From lies about election fraud to QAnon conspiracy theories and anti-vaccine falsehoods, misinformation is racing through our democracy. And it is dangerous. Awash in...
Some viruses thwart bacterial defenses with a unique genetic alphabet
Some bacteria-killing viruses spell out their genetic instructions in a different DNA alphabet. More than 40 years ago, scientists in Russia reported that a...
A child’s 78,000-year-old grave marks Africa’s oldest known human burial
A child whose lifeless body was carefully placed in an East African cave around 78,300 years ago has made a grand return. Researchers who...
A rare glimpse of a star before it went supernova defies expectations
A rare glimpse of a star before it exploded in a fiery supernova looks nothing like astronomers expected, a new study suggests. Images from...
How a small city in Brazil may reveal how fast vaccines can curb COVID-19
The city of Serrana in Brazil is a living experiment. The picturesque place, surrounded by sugarcane fields, is nestled in the southeast of one...
Here’s what breakthrough infections reveal about COVID-19 vaccines
As around 2 million people a day across the United States receive a dose of one of three COVID-19 vaccines, cases of the disease...
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South Sudan: UN mission decries deadly attacks, works to calm tensions after ‘nothing but devastation’ 
After post-pandemic improvement, youth unemployment is rising again