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Elaborately decorated eggs predate Easter by thousands of years

By Michael PriceApr. 8, 2020
Scientists have turned the structure of the coronavirus into music

By Vineeth VenugopalApr. 3, 2020
National parks are no safe haven for West African lions

By Elizabeth PennisiApr. 3, 2020
Dolphin ‘gangs’ protect their females by vocalizing in sync

By Elizabeth PennisiMar. 31, 2020
How diseases rise and fall with the seasons—and what it could mean for coronavirus

By Joel GoldbergMar. 26, 2020
Don’t freak out: These are the microbes living on your tongue

By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega Mar. 24, 2020
A look inside the restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral

By Meagan CantwellMar. 20, 2020
This gnarled pile of fossils was once a giant structure—made of Ice Age mammoths

By Michael PriceMar. 16, 2020
Head of tiny dinosaur found trapped in amber

By Gretchen VogelMar. 11, 2020
Ancient amber contains a cockroach—and a surprise

By Gretchen VogelMar. 10, 2020
Newts and frogs light up like glow sticks under the right light

By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega Feb. 27, 2020
This rainy exoplanet could be ripe for life

By Daniel CleryFeb. 26, 2020
This long-overlooked part of our foot may be key to walking upright

By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega Feb. 26, 2020
Watch African killifish embryos enter suspended animation to survive

By Joel GoldbergFeb. 20, 2020
Maps of a now-submerged land help reconstruct the lives of ancient Europeans

By Meagan CantwellFeb. 13, 2020
Caught in the act: Opossums pollinate bizarre parasitic plant

By David ShultzFeb. 12, 2020
These sweaty robots cool themselves faster than humans

By Meagan CantwellJan. 29, 2020
World’s largest solar telescope takes its first shot

By Daniel CleryJan. 29, 2020

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