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An unknown mutation is saving sea stars from wasting disease

Jun. 20, 2018
European eels are swimming in cocaine and other illegal drugs

Jun. 20, 2018
Promising early results for gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Jun. 19, 2018
Wind hitting Venus’s mountains makes the planet rotate faster

Jun. 19, 2018
Helicopter parents may prevent children from flying high

Jun. 18, 2018
Fecal transplants might help save vulnerable koalas

Jun. 14, 2018
How to grow veggies that are—literally—out of this world

Jun. 14, 2018
Mammoth dust storm on Mars has left a NASA rover in the dark

Jun. 13, 2018
These 12 U.S. states have record rates of unvaccinated kindergartners

Jun. 13, 2018
A mutated killer fungus is keeping cicadas alive

Jun. 13, 2018
One-fifth of the United Kingdom’s wild mammals could be extinct within a decade

Jun. 13, 2018
Clouds of diamonds found around newborn stars

Jun. 13, 2018
United States grabs supercomputing lead

Jun. 11, 2018
New flu viruses found in dogs

Jun. 8, 2018
Surveillance drones can identify violence from the sky as it happens

Jun. 8, 2018
An average Earth day used to be less than 19 hours long

Jun. 6, 2018
Woman’s late-stage breast cancer falls to immunotherapy

Jun. 5, 2018
Why the marshmallow test may be nothing but fluff

Jun. 4, 2018
When they’re on the attack, guppies’ eyes turn black

Jun. 4, 2018
Leaner and meaner: rockets that eat themselves

Jun. 1, 2018
This reptile is ancestor to all the world’s snakes and lizards

May. 30, 2018
Sleeping in saves lives

May. 25, 2018
Coyotes have conquered North America

May. 22, 2018
Giant invasive worms have been living quietly in France for 20 years

May. 22, 2018