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Science News
Science News
- Perseverance takes the first picture of a visible Martian aurora
- This exquisite Archaeopteryx fossil reveals how flight took off in birds
- HHS says new vaccines should be tested against placebos. They already are
- Wild chimpanzees give first aid to each other
- A leaf’s geometry determines whether it falls far from its tree
- Humans have shockingly few ways to treat fungal infections
- This tool-wielding assassin turns its prey’s defenses into a trap
- A chemical in plastics is tied to heart disease deaths
- Skyborne specks of life may influence rainfall patterns
- Chimp chatter is a lot more like human language than previously thought
Science News Explores! (formerly Science News for Students)
- Micro-sparks between water droplets may have started life on Earth
- Let’s learn about plant movement
- Mars’ rust suggests it was once wet — and its seas frigid
- Scientists Say: Lepton
- Some iguanas may have rafted across the Pacific 30 million years ago
- Meet one of the ‘world’s most interesting’ mathematicians
- Could Spinosaurus swim? That would make it a game changer
- ADHD symptoms may boost teens’ risk of vaping or smoking
- Some fish have legs that can taste prey underfoot
- Scientists Say: Exoskeleton
BBC News
Science & Environment
- Exceptionally low river levels raise fears over water supplies
- Exceptionally low river levels raise fears over water supplies
- Climate experts criticise handling of Tata changes
- Will this woman be the first Briton to walk on the Moon?
- Will this woman be the first Briton to walk on the Moon?
- Wild chimpanzees filmed using forest 'first aid'
- Why the mighty Himalayas are getting harder and harder to see
- Soviet-era spacecraft 'likely' to have re-entered Earth's atmosphere
- Litter 'nightmare' as street cleanliness worst on record
- Moon dust 'rarer than gold' arrives in UK from China
Technology
- Co-op narrowly avoided an even worse cyber attack, BBC learns
- Co-op says shelves to be more fully stocked this weekend
- Airbnb offers private chefs and massages as it revamps app
- AI tool put to test sifting public views on botox and fillers
- Tech Life
- M&S says customer data stolen in cyber attack
- How to avoid a puncture on the Moon
- Elon Musk's Starlink trialled on ScotRail trains
- Tech Now
- Elton John and Dua Lipa seek protection from AI
NASA
Breaking News
- A Tough Drill at Witch Hazel Hill
- Eclipses, Auroras, and the Spark of Becoming: NASA Inspires Future Scientists
- NASA Awards Launch Service Task Order for Aspera’s Galaxy Mission
- Pretty in Pink
- NASA to Participate in Next Private Astronaut Mission Teleconference
- NASA Observes First Visible-light Auroras at Mars
- NASA’s Magellan Mission Reveals Possible Tectonic Activity on Venus
- Hubble Pinpoints Young Stars in Spiral Galaxy
- NASA Studies Reveal Hidden Secrets About Interiors of Moon, Vesta
- Another First: NASA Webb Identifies Frozen Water in Young Star System
NASA
- A Tough Drill at Witch Hazel Hill
- Eclipses, Auroras, and the Spark of Becoming: NASA Inspires Future Scientists
- NASA Awards Launch Service Task Order for Aspera’s Galaxy Mission
- Pretty in Pink
- NASA to Participate in Next Private Astronaut Mission Teleconference
- NASA Observes First Visible-light Auroras at Mars
- NASA’s Magellan Mission Reveals Possible Tectonic Activity on Venus
- Hubble Pinpoints Young Stars in Spiral Galaxy
- NASA Studies Reveal Hidden Secrets About Interiors of Moon, Vesta
- Another First: NASA Webb Identifies Frozen Water in Young Star System
NASA
- A Tough Drill at Witch Hazel Hill
- Eclipses, Auroras, and the Spark of Becoming: NASA Inspires Future Scientists
- NASA Awards Launch Service Task Order for Aspera’s Galaxy Mission
- Pretty in Pink
- NASA to Participate in Next Private Astronaut Mission Teleconference
- NASA Observes First Visible-light Auroras at Mars
- NASA’s Magellan Mission Reveals Possible Tectonic Activity on Venus
- Hubble Pinpoints Young Stars in Spiral Galaxy
- NASA Studies Reveal Hidden Secrets About Interiors of Moon, Vesta
- Another First: NASA Webb Identifies Frozen Water in Young Star System
The Guardian (UK)
Science
- Toxic wildfire pollution infiltrates homes of 1bn people a year, study finds
- AI can spontaneously develop human-like communication, study finds
- ‘Turning point’: claw print fossils found in Australia rewrite story of amniotes by 40 million years
- Feathered fossil provides clues about how earliest birds first took flight
- Chimpanzees use leaves to wipe bums and clean up after sex, study finds
- Moment of heart’s formation captured in images for first time
- The toxic debate about obesity rages on. But at least we know if Mounjaro or Wegovy is better for weight loss | Zoe Williams
- Weight loss jabs in obese children can help avoid mealtime rows, study says
- Did you solve it? Are you craftier than a cat burglar?
- Can you solve it? Are you craftier than a cat burglar?
Climate Crisis
- Abi Daré wins the inaugural Climate fiction prize
- How memories of clean water, frogs and fresh air could help save Rio’s favelas from future climate disaster
- European firms ramping up lobbying for climate action, report finds
- Car use and meat consumption drive emissions gender gap, research suggests
- Chris Bowen mocks Liberals’ equivocation on ‘bare minimum’ target of net zero by 2050
- Dutch climate campaigners vow to take Shell to court again
- To the new environment minister, Murray Watt: it’s time to get reforms right | Lyndon Schneiders
- Want to know how the world really ends? Look to TV show Families Like Ours | John Harris
- I just returned from Antarctica: climate change isn’t some far-off problem – it’s here and hitting hard | Jennifer Verduin
- Plan for windfarm in German ‘fairytale forest’ stokes green energy culture war
Environment
- Exceptionally low river flows forecast across UK as drought threat grows
- How memories of clean water, frogs and fresh air could help save Rio’s favelas from future climate disaster
- Early air pollution exposure affects health in adolescence, study finds
- European firms ramping up lobbying for climate action, report finds
- ‘Time slows down in Lastovo’: I may just have found Croatia’s most unspoilt archipelago
- Birdwatch: After six decades, I finally catch up with the Alpine accentor
- Chimpanzees use leaves to wipe bums and clean up after sex, study finds
- Dairy companies ‘turning blind eye’ to global methane emissions, report suggests
- I’m obsessed with protecting seals: ‘The flying ring toy was deeply embedded in her neck’
- Brontë country to become protected national nature reserve
NYTimes
Science
- Drug Overdose Deaths Plummeted in 2024, C.D.C. Reports
- U.S. Charges Russian Scientist With Smuggling
- Richard L. Garwin, a Creator of the Hydrogen Bomb, Dies at 97
- Trump Administration to Uphold Some PFAS Limits but Eliminate Others
- First Visible Aurora Spotted Over Mars by NASA Rover
- Fossil Suggests Feathered Archaeopteryx Probably Flew Like a Chicken
- A Toxic Pit Could Be a Gold Mine for Rare-Earth Elements
- Behind a Museum Door, These Beetles Are Eating Flesh for Science
- A.I. Was Coming for Radiologists’ Jobs. So Far, They’re Just More Efficient.
- Benzo Withdrawal Symptoms Can Be Life-Threatening
Space & Cosmos
- First Visible Aurora Spotted Over Mars by NASA Rover
- Sync Your Calendar With the Solar System
- NASA’s Don Pettit Shot 220 Days of Amazing Photos From the I.S.S.
- Soviet Spacecraft Crash Lands on Earth After a Journey of Half a Century
- What to Know About Kosmos-482, a Soviet Spacecraft Returning to Earth After 53 Years
- Eta Aquarids Meteor Show Peak: How and When to Watch
- Trump’s 2026 Budget Proposes Cutting NASA Funding by $6 Billion
- Molecular, Glow-in-the-Dark Cloud Discovered Close to Earth
- Amazon Launches First 27 Project Kuiper Internet Satellites
- At the American Museum of Natural History, a Look to Outer Space
Health
- Drug Overdose Deaths Plummeted in 2024, C.D.C. Reports
- RFK Jr. Defends HHS Overhaul as Democrats Denounce ‘War on Science’
- U.S. Charges Russian Scientist With Smuggling
- What the ‘Small Nodule’ Found on Biden’s Prostate Could Mean for a Man’s Health
- A.I. Was Coming for Radiologists’ Jobs. So Far, They’re Just More Efficient.
- Benzo Withdrawal Symptoms Can Be Life-Threatening
- Trump’s Focus on Punishing Drug Dealers May Hurt Drug Users Trying to Quit
- An L.A. Doctor’s House Burned. Now He Treats the Fires’ Effects in Neighbors.
- Trump Signs Executive Order Asking Companies to Lower Drug Prices
- Trump Plan Would Tie Some Drug Prices to What Peer Nations Pay
Climate & Environment
- An Effort to Kill Off Lawsuits Against Oil Giants Is Gaining Steam
- Trump Administration to Uphold Some PFAS Limits but Eliminate Others
- Lee Zeldin Places a Mezuza at His E.P.A. Office
- Is Slate Auto’s Electric Truck the Answer to Expensive Cars?
- How ‘Atmospheric Rivers’ Cause Rain in the Midwest and East Coast
- 3M to Pay New Jersey Up to $450 Million for Drinking-Water Contamination
- Making Dishwashers Great Again?
- Tesla Board Chair Robyn Denholm Made $198 Million Selling Stock as Profit Fell
- A Lavish Welcome for Trump in Saudi Arabia, and a Standoff at the Library of Congress
- The Energy Star Sticker May Go Away. Who Could Preserve the Program?
And even...
Wired – Science
- SpaceX Tests Starship Fixes After Back-to-Back Failures
- The EPA Is Giving Some Forever Chemicals a Pass
- Patients Are Left With Few Options as GLP-1 Copycats Disappear
- The EPA Will Likely Gut Team That Studies Health Risks From Chemicals
- Intelligence on Earth Evolved Independently at Least Twice
- Dismantling NOAA Threatens the World’s Ability to Monitor Carbon Dioxide Levels
- Diabetes Is Rising in Africa. Could It Lead to New Breakthroughs?
- Trump’s Surgeon General Pick Is Tearing the MAHA Movement Apart
- US Customs and Border Protection Quietly Revokes Protections for Pregnant Women and Infants
- As the US Cuts Scientific Talent, Europe Launches an Initiative to Attract It
Discover Magazine
- A Simple Spit Test Could Reveal Prostate Cancer, Outperforming a Common Blood Test
- Sediment from the Last Ice Age Found in an Alaskan Cave Provides Both History and Forecast
- Fossils Show That These Ancient Frog Families Split Apart at Least 55 Million Years Ago
- Your Fingers Wrinkle in the Same Pattern Every Time After Long Exposure to Water
- Animals May Have Evolved from Sea to Land 35 Million Years Earlier Than Once Thought
- NASA’s Magellan Mission Just Changed What We Know About Venus, Again
- Measles in the Sewers? Wastewater Surveillance Offers Early Warning for Outbreaks
- UV Light Helps Us Understand Why the Archaeopteryx Was Such a Good Flier
- Could Earth Develop Its Own Consciousness? The Gaia Hypothesis Offers an Unorthodox Answer
- Patterns in Breast Tissue Could Reveal Risk of Invasive Breast Cancer
...more...
Space.com
- Save 14% on Obi-Wan's Dark Series Force FX lightsaber, now at its lowest price this year
- Here's why the private Athena lunar lander toppled over on the moon
- Venus' crust is surprisingly thin. Could this explain why it's so geologically active?
- That's a hat trick! Varda successfully returns 3rd space capsule from orbit
- 'Alien: Earth' is almost ready to burst out, as FX reveals the release date, plot details, and shows off the cast
- Mars Sample Return now! (op-ed)
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral, lands at sea (video)
- SpaceX will launch Starship's 9th test flight next week, Elon Musk says
- Astronaut sees 'Flower Moon' from orbit | Space photo of the day for May 13, 2025
- Volcanoes shaped the moon from the inside out, scientists find: 'Our team was genuinely puzzled'
Phys.org
- Perseverance Mars rover captures first visible-light auroras during intense solar storm
- Voyager 1 revives backup thrusters before command pause
- Ten things research tells us about the global economic elite
- Low-viscosity oil boosts a microfluidic device, enabling safer cell studies and gradient generation
- Reexamining a receptor linked to sepsis resolves contradictions regarding its binding interactions
- Fluorescent imaging reveals embryonic integration of musculoskeletal components in the locomotor system
- Biodiversity flourishes in the presence of shrub fringes on the edges of forests and fields, finds study
- Q&A: A generative AI technique for designing RNA with improved function
- Satellite data from ship captures landslide-generated tsunami for the first time
- Artificial intelligence and genetics can help farmers grow corn with less fertilizer
...science news
New Scientist
- China's CO2 emissions have started falling – is this finally the peak?
- Norovirus vaccine pill protects against winter vomiting bug
- Exquisite new-to-science frog species has golden legs and odd habits
- Are democratic countries like the UK just climate hypocrites?
- One half of the moon is hotter than the other
- Fossil tracks rewrite history of animals leaving water to live on land
- Earth is heading for a second year above 1.5°C climate goal
- Chemists discover 'anti-spice' that could make chilli peppers less hot
- Smart device can measure how much milk breastfed babies really drink
- The FBI is getting new technology to see through walls
Popular Science
- Feathered fossil shows famed dinosaur could fly (like a chicken)
- It’s raining tiny toxic frogs
- Amateur paleontologists uncover earliest known ‘reptile’ footprints
- Scientists discover why some hot peppers are total wild cards
- Traeger grills are at their lowest prices of the year during Amazon’s early Memorial Day sale
- The surprising benefits of video games
- Your gaming PC is overdue for an upgrade—Windows 11 Pro can fix that
- Powerful pocket telescope lets you spot wildlife from miles away
- Ancient three-eyed ‘sea moth’ used its butt to breathe
- The best Amazon Pet Day deals on food, supplements, toys, beds, and everything else for your dog or cat
Scientific American
- Why NASA’s VIPER Lunar Rover Is Still in Limbo
- Strange Formations on Venus Hint at Ongoing Geological Activity
- Trump USDA Restores Climate Information for Farmers after Lawsuit
- Black Hole Mergers Show Strange Mathematical Link to String Theory
- Migraine Drug Ubrogepant Tackles Debilitating Early Symptoms
- Science Tells Us the U.S. Is Heading toward a Dictatorship
- Wiggling Sperm Power a New Male Fertility Test
- West Texas Measles Cases Threaten Elimination Status in the U.S. Here’s Why That Matters
- What Are AI Chatbot Companions Doing to Our Mental Health?
- Hurricanes, Wildfires and Other Disasters Displaced a Record 46 Million People Last Year
ScienceDaily
- Could a mini-stroke leave lasting fatigue?
- Energy and memory: A new neural network paradigm
- How we think about protecting data
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy
- Sharp depletion in soil moisture drives land water to flow into oceans, contributing to sea level rise
- The key to spotting dyslexia early could be AI-powered handwriting analysis
- Tiny gas bubbles reveal secrets of Hawaiian volcanoes
- Climate change is turning coastal lagoons into 'salty soup'
- Dexterity and climbing ability: how ancient human relatives used their hands
- Handy octopus robot can adapt to its surroundings