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The discovery of 22,000 previously unseen moonquakes, plus a new idea of what causes them, could help us better prepare for trips there.
The NASA Mars rover examined a rock containing organic compounds and “leopard spots” that, on Earth, are associated with microbial life.
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The hint of fog marks a new way to observe neutrinos, but points to the beginning of the end for this type of dark matter detection.
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There were no new HIV infections among adolescent girls and young women taking a new PrEP formulation, a twice-yearly shot of the drug lenacapavir.
Scientists made the known element 116 with a beam of titanium atoms, a technique that could be used to make the undiscovered element 120.
A new study clarifies how melanoma cells use cell membrane protrusions called “blebs” to burrow through tissue.
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Brief blasts of light might make some materials into fleeting superconductors. Magnetic measurements strengthen the case for this controversial claim.
Infections peak in the summer and winter. Up-to-date vaccinations, testing and masking can slow the spread.
Science News talked to a meteorologist and Twisters’ tornado consultant to separate fact from fiction in Hollywood’s latest extreme weather thriller.
For the first time, a scientist has used ocean and atmospheric data to find a milky sea, a huge expanse of luminous water, in past satellite images.
The model, which was trained on data from ocean buoys to identify potential rogue waves, could help save lives.
As different coronavirus variants took center stage during the pandemic, the chances of developing long COVID fell, especially for vaccinated people.
A high dose of the psychedelic drug briefly throws the brain off kilter. Other, longer-lasting changes could hint at psilocybin's therapeutic effects.
An analysis of images spanning hundreds of years suggests a dark spot spied in the late 1600s and early 1700s is distinct from the Red Spot seen today.
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