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The Territory Is Tiny and So Is the Newborn Caterpillar...

As they cling to leaf tips, newborn warty birch caterpillars produce vibrations ...

6,500-Year-Old Hunting Kit Found in West Texas

The ancient weapons, found in a cave near Marfa, could be among the oldest near-...

Leonardo Patterson, 82, High-Flying Antiquities Dealer ...

Born into rural poverty, he climbed to the top of the art market. But he fell af...

Leonardo Patterson, Disgraced Dealer in Latin American ...

Born into rural poverty, he climbed to the top of the art market. But he fell af...

FDA Layoffs Could Raise Drug Costs and Erode Food Safety

Trump cutbacks were supposedly aimed at administrators. But scientists in food a...

In the Calls of Bonobos, Scientists Hear Hints of Language

Hundreds of hours of recordings suggest that the apes can generate meaning by st...

How Trump’s Tariffs Could Hobble a U.S. Battery Boom

Across the country, companies have been installing giant batteries that help the...

Giant Sloths’ Hairy Truth Revealed by Scientists

New research painted a more accurate picture of the megafauna that spread widely...

Overlooked No More: Katharine McCormick, Force Behind t...

She used her wealth strategically to expand opportunities for women, underwritin...

Trump Administration Demands Additional Cuts at C.D.C.

In addition to reductions at agency personnel, federal regulators are demanding ...

Coal Plant Ranked as Nation’s Dirtiest Asks for Polluti...

The facility, in Colstrip, Mont., used a new E.P.A. system for requesting specia...

Ralph Holloway, Anthropologist Who Studied Brain’s Evol...

It wasn’t the size of human brains that distinguished people from apes, he theor...

C.D.C. Cuts Threaten to Set Back the Nation’s Health, C...

The reorganization that began on Tuesday will scale back an agency that has been...

Shingles Vaccine Can Decrease Risk of Dementia, Study F...

A growing body of research suggests that preventing the viral infection can help...

More Americans Cannot Afford Medical Care: Gallup Poll

A new survey found that 11 percent of Americans said they could not pay for medi...

This Tree Wants to Be Struck by Lightning

Before a discovery in a Panamanian rainforest, “it seemed impossible that lightn...

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