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Astronomy

Can You Decode an Alien Message?

Shi En Kim

Astrophysics

A Background ‘Hum’ Pervades the Universe. Scientists Are Racing to Find Its Source

Jonathan O'Callaghan

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

Yes, AI Models Can Get Worse over Time

Lauren Leffer

How Seeing the Milky Way Helped Us Discover the Whole Universe

Marvel for a moment at the Milky Way’s night-sky spectacle—and the scientific revolutions it has sparked

Phil Plait | Opinion

Astronomy

Can You Decode an Alien Message?

Shi En Kim

Astrophysics

A Background ‘Hum’ Pervades the Universe. Scientists Are Racing to Find Its Source

Jonathan O'Callaghan

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

Yes, AI Models Can Get Worse over Time

Lauren Leffer

Policy

Hiroshima’s Anniversary Marks an Injustice Done to Blast Survivors

Arthur Caplan | Opinion

Epidemiology

Six Ways to Stay Safe Outdoors in Extreme Heat

Lucy Tu

Sleep

Are Naps Good for You?

Stephanie Pappas

Public Health

Heat Waves Could Kill Off Human-Bred Mosquitoes

Chelsea Harvey and E&E News

Weather

Why Homes Often Feel Warmer Than the Thermostat Suggests

Jonathan Bean and The Conversation US

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Why Do Dogs Tilt Their Head to the Side?

The attentive and endearing doggy head tilt might indicate your pup is trying to process what you’re saying

Stephanie Pappas

Materials Science

Controversial Physicist Faces Mounting Accusations of Scientific Misconduct

Allegations of data fabrication have sparked the retraction of multiple papers from Ranga Dias, a researcher who claimed discovery of a room-temperature superconductor

Dan Garisto and Nature magazine

A Background ‘Hum’ Pervades the Universe. Scientists Are Racing to Find Its Source

Astronomers are now seeking to pinpoint the origins of an exciting new form of gravitational waves that was announced earlier this year

Jonathan O'Callaghan

Bizarre-Looking Colossus Whale May Have Been Heaviest Animal Ever (Sorry, Blue Whales)

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” says a paleontologist not involved in the discovery of a 40-million-year-old fossilized whale

$1 Million Will Go to the Mathematician Who Busts the ‘ABC Conjecture’ Theory

The founder of a Japanese media company has offered a large cash prize to anyone who can find a flaw in an unusual proof

Materials Science

Viral New Superconductivity Claims Leave Many Scientists Skeptical

Researchers say they have discovered a new room-temperature ambient-pressure superconductor, but many scientists are unconvinced

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Why Extreme Heat Is So Deadly

Why Extreme Heat Is So Deadly

Climate Change

Summer heat is increasingly breaking records as the climate warms. As we describe in our roundup, heat can be deadly. Make sure that you take extra precautions to stay cool

July 6, 2023

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These Salamanders Steal Genes and Can Have up to Five Extra Sets of Chromosomes

Unisexual salamanders in the genus Ambystoma appear to be the only creatures in the world that reproduce the way they do. Researchers know how, but the why is still being figured out...

July 31, 2023

Black Holes

Listen to the Astonishing 'Chirp' of Two Black Holes Merging

June 1, 2023

Pollution

Will the Chesapeake Bay Become a Dead Zone?

May 3, 2023

Conservation

This Astoundingly Simple Ancient Technique Is Helping to Beat Back Drought

April 20, 2023

Dark Matter

Vera Rubin Lives On in Lives of the Women She Helped in Astronomy

March 31, 2023

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The Fungi Economy, Part 1: Just Like Us, Trees Are Experiencing Inflation

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