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This is the only known animal that doesn’t need oxygen to survive

Feb. 26, 2020
Researchers find new, promising antibiotic with help from AI

Feb. 21, 2020
Unusual Arctic warming explained by overlooked greenhouse gases

Jan. 21, 2020
Ancient viruses found in Tibetan glacier

Jan. 17, 2020
Human body temperature has declined steadily over the past 160 years

Jan. 10, 2020
This enormous ancient fish is officially extinct

Jan. 7, 2020
Hey mom, look at me! Garish coloring ensures these chicks get fed

Jan. 6, 2020
Light-hearted baseballs could explain surge in homers

Jan. 3, 2020
Ninety-nine percent of ocean plastic has gone missing

Jan. 3, 2020
Archaeologists unearth graves of ancient warrior women in Russia

Jan. 2, 2020
Watch a puffin use a tool—to scratch an itch

Dec. 30, 2019
U.S. West Coast waters are acidifying twice as fast as global average

Dec. 18, 2019
Scientists hope to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria by targeting their ‘alarm proteins’

Dec. 10, 2019
Scientists just found a planet circling a dead star

Dec. 5, 2019
Rising temperatures may be making birds smaller

Dec. 4, 2019
How good are you at reading your cat’s facial expressions?

Dec. 2, 2019
How slow can you go? A blue whale’s heart beats just twice a minute

Nov. 26, 2019
One-third of African tropical plant species could go extinct

Nov. 25, 2019
Hardy lichens don’t actually predate plants

Nov. 20, 2019
Company claims signs of success with CRISPR-edited stem cell transplants for two genetic diseases

Nov. 19, 2019
Dude. Honey bees ‘surf’ on waves they make themselves

Nov. 19, 2019
Apes may have started to walk on two legs millions of years earlier than thought

Nov. 8, 2019
We didn’t start the fire—it was the invasive grasses

Nov. 7, 2019
Universe could loop back on itself, study of ancient light suggests

Nov. 7, 2019