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Soil without life discovered for the first time on Earth

Jun. 18, 2021
This homely mollusk’s rock-hard chompers are made of rare minerals

Jun. 2, 2021
Sugars spice up RNA

May. 18, 2021
Paralyzed person types at record speed—by imagining handwriting

May. 13, 2021
Climate change is triggering more lightning strikes in the Arctic

Apr. 7, 2021
Tropical forest destruction increases, despite the pandemic

Mar. 31, 2021
Pesticide-blocking gene transferred from plants to animals

Mar. 26, 2021
Your spit could reveal whether you’ve had a concussion

Mar. 24, 2021
Scientists have been underestimating the power of tornadoes

Mar. 23, 2021
Scientists use ‘x-ray vision’ to read a letter sealed in 1697

Mar. 2, 2021
This ancient Egyptian pharaoh met a gruesome end, scans reveal

Feb. 23, 2021
Astronomers spy promising blob around our nearest neighbor star, but is it a planet?

Feb. 11, 2021
It is not a flower. It is a fungus!

Feb. 4, 2021
Watch blue whales try to dodge ships in Patagonia

Feb. 3, 2021
In biblical times, purple was the new black

Jan. 29, 2021
Nine hikers mysteriously perished in the Russian mountains in 1959. Scientists may now know why

Jan. 28, 2021
Mice feel for each other

Jan. 15, 2021
Experimental drug may slow cognitive decline in early Alzheimer’s

Jan. 11, 2021
Identical twins aren’t so identical, after all

Jan. 8, 2021
World’s first dwarf giraffes spotted in Uganda and Namibia

Jan. 8, 2021
Cuttlefish think ahead, ‘marshmallow test’ reveals

Jan. 5, 2021
Frozen for nearly 60,000 years, mummified wolf puppy reveals its secrets

Dec. 21, 2020
DNA links elephant tusks from a 487-year-old shipwreck to their living relatives

Dec. 17, 2020
Camels are munching on plastic, and the results are deadly

Dec. 16, 2020