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Is your stress rubbing off on your dog?

Jun. 11, 2019
These vampire birds have something in common with vampire bats, and it’s not just a taste for blood

Jun. 11, 2019
Americans eat more than 50,000 tiny pieces of plastic every year

Jun. 5, 2019
Have physicists found a way to save Schrödinger’s cat?

Jun. 3, 2019
A drop of stem cells restores mice’s sense of smell

May. 31, 2019
Ancient Egyptians feasted on watermelons, too, according to find in ancient tomb

May. 22, 2019
This bird lost the ability to fly twice on the same island, thousands of years apart

May. 14, 2019
The lost plains of Doggerland emerge from the North Sea

May. 9, 2019
The oceans contain nearly 200,000 kinds of viruses

Apr. 25, 2019
Gene therapy works for bubble boy disease

Apr. 19, 2019
Scientists restore some cellular functions in dead pig brains

Apr. 18, 2019
NASA planet hunter finds its first Earth-size world

Apr. 17, 2019
Brain scans find CTE-linked protein in living former NFL players

Apr. 12, 2019
‘Wall of death’ that entombed Pompeii surfed a cushion of air to reach top speed

Apr. 9, 2019
Scientists discover a frog with glowing bones

Apr. 2, 2019
Earlier springtime disrupts insect and bird lives—and it’s worse than expected

Apr. 1, 2019
Culling invasive predators could save 9.4% of the world’s at-risk species

Mar. 28, 2019
Death Star ice cube reveals how the world’s oldest fossils may have formed

Mar. 26, 2019
Descendants sue Harvard for ownership of slave photos

Mar. 21, 2019
Dead whale found with 40 kilograms of plastic in its guts

Mar. 18, 2019
Astronomers spot 83 massive black holes from early universe

Mar. 18, 2019
Massive voltages in thunderclouds can slow down subatomic particles

Mar. 14, 2019
Ancient slaughter of 140 children marks largest child sacrifice in the Americas

Mar. 6, 2019
This is one of the oldest tattooing needles in North America

Mar. 1, 2019