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A factory for pain in the brain

Jan. 18, 2019
The loneliest frog on Earth finds love—and perhaps his species’s salvation

Jan. 16, 2019
China sprouts cotton plants on the moon

Jan. 15, 2019
Protecting extinct woolly mammoths could help save elephants

Jan. 14, 2019
Statues of Easter Island may have marked fresh water

Jan. 11, 2019
Star-shredding, supermassive black hole spins at half the speed of light

Jan. 10, 2019
Genetic engineering could create spicy tomatoes

Jan. 9, 2019
Archaeologists have found a temple to the ‘Flayed Lord’ in Mexico

Jan. 4, 2019
One-quarter of Nazi Holocaust murders may have happened in just 3 months

Jan. 2, 2019
100-million-year-old dinosaur footprints discovered in southern United Kingdom

Dec. 20, 2018
Houseplant with hint of rabbit purifies indoor air

Dec. 20, 2018
E. coli outbreak traced to California farm

Dec. 13, 2018
Modern humanity’s legacy might be all the chicken bones we leave behind

Dec. 12, 2018
Scientists uncover massive, diverse ecosystem deep beneath Earth’s surface

Dec. 11, 2018
Voyager 2 reaches interstellar space

Dec. 10, 2018
First-ever baby born from a uterus transplanted after death

Dec. 6, 2018
These algae go ‘pop’ as they turn sunlight into energy

Nov. 29, 2018
Ten percent of NFL players could eventually develop serious brain disease

Nov. 29, 2018
‘Siberian unicorn’ may have walked with early humans

Nov. 29, 2018
‘Headhunter’ ants might keep enemy skulls for scent camouflage

Nov. 28, 2018
This special DNA isn’t just from moms anymore

Nov. 27, 2018
New test spots ‘hidden consciousness’ in severely injured brains

Nov. 26, 2018
Wombats make cube-shaped poop, thanks to unique intestines

Nov. 20, 2018
For Komodo dragons, there’s no place like home

Nov. 14, 2018