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In a first, the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists released its own vaccine schedule

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This tiny robot might look like a high-tech hamster ball, but it could hasten lunar exploration

Children living in areas with low socioeconomic opportunities have more tired and stressed brains, a new study finds

Researchers have created the first high-resolution global map of the extent of one of Earth’s largest—and least visible—living networks

New results challenge AI’s promise for solving how fluids swirl—and suggest a more human path forward

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The Tianwen-2 spacecraft is slowly closing in on the near-Earth asteroid Kamo‘oalewa, on a mission that would bring China’s first asteroid samples back to Earth in 2027

Scientists have been expecting El Niño to set in for quite a while now—and it’s finally official

Controlling a small group of “noisy” sheep holds hints for computer algorithms