Genetics of human evolution wins 2022 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine
Establishing a new field of science to answer the question of what makes humans unique from our extinct relatives has earned Svante Pääbo the...
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50 years ago, scientists dug into Pangaea’s past lives
Before Pangaea — What? — Science News, September 30, 1972 The continents as we know them resulted when the protocontinent Pangaea broke apart and...
‘Wonderful nets’ of blood vessels protect dolphin and whale brains during dives
If you look at parts of the circulatory system of whales and dolphins, you might think that you are looking at a Jackson Pollock...
This spider literally flips for its food
For one tiny Australian spider, somersaulting is the secret to taking on ants twice its size. Ants — armed with powerful jaws and sometimes...
Gas flares are leaking five times as much methane than previously thought
In many oil and gas producing regions, flames light the sky. The flares burn off 98 percent of the escaping natural gas, oil and...
How to get a crying baby to sleep, according to science
It’s a frustration many parents know all too well: You’ve finally lulled your crying baby to sleep, so you put them down in their...
Carlos Argüelles hunts for particles beyond the standard model
If you saw Carlos Argüelles-Delgado’s childhood bedroom — the whiteboard for working out problems, the math textbooks they asked for as birthday gifts —...
Jacky Austermann looks to the solid earth for clues to sea level rise
It’s no revelation that sea levels are rising. Rising temperatures brought on by human-caused climate change are melting ice sheets and expanding ocean water....
Tina Lasisi wants to untangle the evolution of human hair
Though humans’ nearly hairless bodies stick out like a cowlick among other primates, our nakedness isn’t unique in the world of mammals. Dolphins and...
Big questions inspire the scientists on this year’s SN 10 list
Inspiration doesn’t play by any set rules. It can come from anywhere and strike when it’s least expected. A first hint of a big...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
What has Perseverance found in two years on Mars? 
This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now