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A Soviet-era space probe crashed back to Earth after mo...

Kosmos 482 rocketed into space in 1972 on a quest to reach Venus, but its journe...

Soviet spacecraft crashes into Indian Ocean after more ...

Russia's space agency says a Soviet spacecraft fell back to Earth Saturday morni...

The Indicator: American science brain drain

Today, we're airing an episode of NPR's daily economics podcast, The Indicator f...

U.S. halts cattle imports from Mexico, citing fears of ...

The New World screwworm is endemic in parts of Latin America and the Caribbean —...

After lynx were spotted in the Scottish highlands, expe...

The reappearance of lynx in Scotland raised concern about an illegal reintroduct...

Chimps' rhythmic drumming and complex calls hint at ori...

Two new studies hint at the evolutionary roots of human language. The studies fo...

What happened the day the dinosaurs died?

What happened in the days, even hours, after an asteroid set off the fifth extin...

Trump tightens control of independent agency overseeing...

NPR has learned that rules must now be vetted by the White House and that the ad...

50-year-old Soviet spacecraft expected to crash on Eart...

The Soviet spacecraft Kosmos-482 was launched in 1972 on a mission to Venus. But...

Soviet-era spacecraft to crash back to Earth

A Soviet spacecraft launched back in 1972, known as Kosmos 482, is expected to f...

How tech companies could shrink AI's climate footprint

Google, Microsoft and Meta have all pledged to reach at least net-zero carbon em...

RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medi...

The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and...

Glittering blue creatures are washing up on California ...

Hundreds of thousands of Velella velella, more commonly known as by-the-wind-sai...

Economists warn Trump's research cuts could have dire c...

President Trump has proposed slashing federal scientific funding. Economists say...

Why the true water footprint of AI is so elusive

By 2028, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory forecasts that U.S. data centers ...

Good news for the adorable axolotl — ones born in capti...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with scientist Alejandra Ramos, who just led a study abo...

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