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Lab-grown lungs transplanted into pigs

Aug. 6, 2018
Hospital hand sanitizers not potent enough for superbug

Aug. 2, 2018
Five superstars win ‘math’s Nobel Prize’

Aug. 1, 2018
Which Beatle wrote one of the most famous songs of all time? A math model has the answer

Aug. 1, 2018
Heading a soccer ball could be more dangerous for female players

Aug. 1, 2018
World’s biggest king penguin population plummets 90%

Aug. 1, 2018
A psychedelic keeps this cicada flying even after a fungus has destroyed its abdomen

Jul. 30, 2018
Why we might fail at terraforming Mars

Jul. 30, 2018
Hormone levels may affect a woman’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease

Jul. 24, 2018
Whale sharks can live up to 130 years

Jul. 24, 2018
Hundreds of gene variants have been linked to education—just how remains a mystery

Jul. 24, 2018
NASA observatory spots a star eating a planet

Jul. 19, 2018
Synthetic Botox treats pain in mice

Jul. 19, 2018
Crows sometimes mate with corpses

Jul. 19, 2018
X-rays get upgrade to 3D, full color

Jul. 18, 2018
Lost society hidden in Ecuador’s ‘pristine’ cloud forest

Jul. 17, 2018
Ancient embalming workshop unearthed in Egypt

Jul. 17, 2018
The way you cry as a baby may predict your voice as an adult

Jul. 16, 2018
Unique database with more than 1000 medical guidelines is about to vanish

Jul. 13, 2018
Fossil of the ‘first giant’ dinosaur found in Argentina

Jul. 10, 2018
World’s oldest color found in ancient fossils

Jul. 10, 2018
Without salmon, orcas could soon vanish from Pacific Northwest

Jul. 9, 2018
Resurrecting the near-extinct white rhinoceros

Jul. 6, 2018
Your dog’s flea meds might one day protect you from Zika

Jul. 5, 2018