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Babesiosis, a Tick-Borne Disease That Resembles Malaria...

The tick that causes Lyme disease can also spread babesiosis—and researchers fea...

Ways To Cope When Your Child Gets A Life-Altering Diagn...

Parents often struggle with the news that their child has a major health issue. ...

U.K. Funds Geoengineering Experiments as Global Controv...

Critics say U.K. investment in research on climate-cooling interventions, such a...

Breeding for ‘Cuteness’ Is Making Dogs and Cats Look Mo...

Pugs, Persian cats, and other smushed-face cats and dogs are more similar to one...

Knitting’s Complex Shapes Explained in New Physics Model

A new mathematical model helps to advance the centuries-old art of knitting

Kosmos-482 Falls, Cuttlefish Wave, and the Wealthy Warm...

A spacecraft is set to fall from the skies, 28 U.S. cities slowly sink, and a ne...

If a Chatbot Tells You It Is Conscious, Should You Beli...

AI systems could show signs of consciousness. We need to develop better tests to...

Trump Quietly Halts Money to States for Preventing Disa...

President Trump is the first president in at least three decades to deny governo...

Why ‘Evolving’ Dark Energy Worries Some Physicists

If dark energy is weakening, as suggested by recent results, then the cosmos is ...

Could a Monster Earthquake Actually Sink Parts of the P...

A new study is fueling speculation and fear about the risks of a major earthquak...

Trump’s Energy Secretary Baselessly Blames Spain’s Powe...

In response to a power outage in Spain and Portugal, the U.S. Department of Ener...

Mysterious Glowing Structure Discovered Near Solar System

An enormous glowing cloud that contains approximately 3,400 solar masses worth o...

Self-Driving Cars Have New Rules in the U.S. Here’s Why...

New rules that trim crash reporting requirements and widen testing access for U....

Under Trump, National Science Foundation Cuts Off All F...

National Science Foundation staff were told to freeze outgoing funding days afte...

Solar Geoengineering Is Possible with Existing Aircraft...

Scientists previously thought that solar geoengineering—or releasing particles i...

Could the Sun Unleash Dangerous Superflares?

Stars like the sun might erupt with extreme explosions about once per century

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