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Ultrawhite paint could cool buildings and combat climate change

Oct. 22, 2020
You may have a new organ lurking in the middle of your head

Oct. 20, 2020
Pig fat can be used to grow jawbones for humans

Oct. 15, 2020
This tiny device harvests energy from a simple breeze

Sep. 23, 2020
Images of a black hole reveal how cosmic beasts change over time

Sep. 23, 2020
Cancer drug shrinks ‘undruggable’ lung tumors

Sep. 21, 2020
Australian labradoodles are mostly poodle, genetic analysis reveals

Sep. 11, 2020
The giant Megalodon shark was three times as big as a great white, new measurements show

Sep. 4, 2020
Poop tests stop COVID-19 outbreak at University of Arizona

Aug. 28, 2020
This 250-million-year-old creature may have hibernated like modern animals

Aug. 28, 2020
Boston superspreading event seeded thousands of COVID-19 cases

Aug. 26, 2020
In 2019, Greenland lost twice as much ice as in a normal year

Aug. 21, 2020
Pianissimo, please! Soft singing could reduce risk of spreading COVID-19

Aug. 21, 2020
Death Valley hits highest temperature since 1931

Aug. 17, 2020
These conventional bricks can store power

Aug. 12, 2020
How anglerfish fuse their bodies without unleashing an immune storm

Jul. 31, 2020
Scientists discover the secret behind bad body odor

Jul. 30, 2020
Blood test could identify early stage Alzheimer’s disease

Jul. 29, 2020
Got pain? Your Neanderthal genes could be responsible

Jul. 24, 2020
Antarctic ice sheet collapse could add 3 meters to sea-level rise

Jul. 23, 2020
Metal-eating bacteria discovered in dirty glassware

Jul. 21, 2020
Black children more than three times more likely to die after surgery

Jul. 20, 2020
This four-winged dino may have molted like modern songbirds

Jul. 17, 2020
Scientists accidentally create unlikely fish hybrid

Jul. 17, 2020