Spider silk is five times stronger than steel—now, scientists know why
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How do cats stay so clean? Video reveals secrets of the feline tongue
Three-dimensional scans and thermal imaging give unprecedented insight into cat grooming -
Biologists create the most lifelike artificial cells yet
Cell mimics make and pass on proteins that influence their neighbors -
NASA’s next Mars rover will land in Jezero crater, which once hosted a lake and a river delta
Compromise puts two landing sites in play for 2020 rover -
Duke University to settle case alleging researchers used fraudulent data to win millions in grants
Whistleblower could win up to 30% of settlement -
Norwegian billionaire funds deluxe deep ocean research ship
REV Ocean ramps up with $500 million from fisheries and oil tycoon -
NASA to pay private space companies for moon rides
Experiments on commercial landers could confirm a wetter, more active moon -
Massive star system primed for intense explosion
Gamma ray burst from Apep will light up the skies, but probably won’t destroy Earth -
These termite mounds are so big you can see them from space
Insects have created millions of these structures in Brazil, some of them thousands of years old -
Research groups attend HHS ‘listening session’ on fetal tissue research amid funding fears
Abortion opponents want federal government to end support -
A U.S. biochemistry professor takes his political shot—and misses by a lot
Randy Wadkins looks back on running for Congress as a Democrat in Mississippi -
Watch just a few self-driving cars stop traffic jams
Artificial intelligence–powered cars can put the brakes on stop-and-go traffic -
Top stories: Earth’s darkest year, errors in ocean study, and a young crater under Greenland’s ice
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China unveils design for $5 billion particle smasher
If funded, construction could start in 2022 but Japan may start building its own "Higgs factory"' earlier -
In reversal, NSF lifts proposal limits on biologists
Agency had said researchers could lead just one application annually -
Brain stimulation could let some blind people ‘see’ shapes made of light
Sequential electrical stimulation allowed researchers to transmit complex patterns -
A ‘rediscovered’ drug against sleeping sickness gets the green light
European Medicines Agency’s OK for an oral treatment renews hopes of eliminating human African trypanosomiasis -
STEM candidates elected to U.S. House prepare for their new jobs
New lawmakers say they’re ready to apply science to policymaking -
Anything faster than a brisk walk on this martian moon could send you spinning off into space
Phobos’s odd shape and gravity make travel a challenge -
In just 12 days, the world gets half of its annual rainfall
In coming decades, climate change will skew that statistic even further -
Podcast: the worst year ever and the effects of fasting
On this week’s show: a contender for the darkest year of the darkest age and a review of what we know about fasting, metabolism, and aging -
Why 536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’
Glacier cores reveal Icelandic volcano that plunged Europe into darkness -
Is ride-sharing killing people? Yes, study suggests, but critics are doubtful
Researchers correlate arrival of Lyft and Uber to increase in fatal accidents -
Orangutans are the only great apes—besides humans—to ‘talk’ about the past
New finding may shed light on the evolution of language -
High-profile ocean warming paper to get a correction
Researchers relied on flawed methods
