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A microphone on NASA’s Perseverance rover recorded the sounds of electrical discharges generated by dusty gusts.
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Nancy Shute, Editor in Chief, discusses big advances across science in 2025 as well as the assault on science by the Trump administration.
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Expectations of continued success for American science were shaken this year when the Trump administration cut billions of dollars in funding and fired thousands of scientists.
The American Museum of Natural History’s “Impact: The End of the Age of the Dinosaurs” examines how an asteroid impact shaped life as we know it.
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Solve the math puzzle from our December 2025 issue, in which a holiday gift exchange occurs.
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A machine learning analysis of wild lion audio reveals they have two roar types, not one. This insight might help detect where lions are declining.
People with Gulf War Illness found relief from migraines after a month on a low-glutamate diet, hinting at a new way to ease symptoms.
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Chronic cannabis use is increasingly linked to recurring bouts of vomiting, now officially classified as cannabis hyperemesis syndrome. The new ICD code helps doctors identify cases more consistently and gives…
The study reveals that widely used heart-attack risk calculators fail to flag nearly half of those who will soon experience a cardiac event. Even the newer PREVENT model misclassifies many…
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Researchers at Stanford found a way to cure or prevent Type 1 diabetes in mice using a combined blood stem cell and islet cell transplant. The procedure creates a hybrid…
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