We can do better than what was ‘normal’ before the pandemic
It’s a weird time in the pandemic. COVID-19 cases are once again climbing in some parts of the United States, but still falling from...
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Binary stars keep masquerading as black holes
As astronomy datasets grow larger, scientists are scouring them for black holes, hoping to better understand the exotic objects. But the drive to find...
A global warming pause that didn’t happen hampered climate science
It was one of the biggest climate change questions of the early 2000s: Had the planet’s rising fever stalled, even as humans pumped more...
Where you grew up may shape your navigational skills
Score one for the country mouse. People who grow up outside of cities are better at finding their way around than urbanites, a large...
When the Magellanic Clouds cozy up to each other, stars are born
Like two great songwriters working side by side and inspiring each other to create their best work, the Magellanic Clouds spawn new stars every...
We finally have a fully complete human genome
Researchers have finally deciphered a complete human genetic instruction book from cover to cover. The completion of the human genome has been announced a...
Mammals’ bodies outpaced their brains right after the dinosaurs died
Modern mammals are known for their big brains. But new analyses of mammal skulls from creatures that lived shortly after the dinosaur mass extinction...
Here are the Top 10 times scientific imagination failed
Science, some would say, is an enterprise that should concern itself solely with cold, hard facts. Flights of imagination should be the province of...
North America’s oldest skull surgery dates to at least 3,000 years ago
A man with a hole in his forehead, who was interred in what’s now northwest Alabama between around 3,000 and 5,000 years ago, represents...
New images reveal details of two bacteria’s molecular syringes
Some bacteria carry tiny syringes filled with chemicals that may thin out competitors or incapacitate predators. Now, researchers have gotten up-close views of these...
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