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The latest science news and developments about space, animal behavior, plant life, the brain, genetics, archaeology, robots and climate change

How to Create a Black Hole Out of Thin Air

How many ways are there to leave this universe? Perhaps the best…

Give Thanks for the Winter Solstice. You Might Not Be Here Without It.

On Dec. 21, or Thursday this year, the sun will hug the…

It’s Christmastime in the Cosmos

For astronomers peering into the depths of the universe, Christmas came a…

Chimps Can Still Remember Faces After a Quarter Century

In 2015, while working as an undergraduate researcher at the North Carolina…

What Can You Do With an Einstein?

Earlier this year, mathematicians discovered a unique shape. Now do-it-yourselfers have found…

Amber Fossils Suggest Male Mosquitoes Were Once Bloodsuckers

Every single mosquito that’s ever bitten you has been female. For them,…

3 Laser Fusion Research Hubs Picked by Energy Department

The U.S. Department of Energy is creating three research hubs in the…

Particle Physicists Offer a Road Map for the Next Decade

Particle physicists should begin laying the groundwork for a revolutionary particle collider…

Rare Giant Rat Is Photographed Alive for First Time

Rare Giant Rat Rediscovered: A Triumph of Indigenous Knowledge On the remote…

Brain Study Suggests Traumatic Memories Are Processed as Present Experience

At the root of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is a memory…