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California’s monarch butterflies struggle against extinction

Sep. 11, 2017
There are more than 300 kinds of ice, scientists report

Sep. 8, 2017
Beware online daters: Computers can’t help you pick your soul mate

Sep. 8, 2017
Los Angeles paints streets white to stay cool

Sep. 7, 2017
Wild dogs vote to initiate a hunt by sneezing

Sep. 6, 2017
Park rangers hunt tree poachers with science

Sep. 6, 2017
Superthin spacecraft aims to clean up space garbage

Sep. 6, 2017
Uranus’s moons set on collision course with one another

Sep. 6, 2017
How blind people use echolocation

Sep. 1, 2017
The average age for new U.S. dads has passed 30

Sep. 1, 2017
How Neandertals made their spear-binding ‘superglue’

Aug. 31, 2017
Hubble teases possibility of water on nearby exoplanets

Aug. 31, 2017
Here’s what the eclipse looked like from the moon

Aug. 31, 2017
Study says Exxon misled the public about climate change

Aug. 24, 2017
Muhammad Ali’s speech started slurring years before Parkinson’s diagnosis

Aug. 23, 2017
Science envoy resigns from Trump administration with a hidden message: ‘impeach’

Aug. 23, 2017
Bacteria from elite athletes’ poop might boost sports performance

Aug. 23, 2017
The sexy smell of dying

Aug. 16, 2017
How the apple conquered the world

Aug. 15, 2017
Nearby star hosts Earth-sized planets

Aug. 11, 2017
Researchers hack computers with DNA

Aug. 11, 2017
Chimps could beat your kid in rock-paper-scissors

Aug. 10, 2017
China’s switch from elephant ivory to mammoth ivory worries advocates

Aug. 7, 2017
French archaeologists erupt with excitement over ‘Little Pompeii’

Aug. 2, 2017