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The 2024 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun “for the discovery…

Satellites hampering radio astronomy — Science News, October 5, 1974 In the past, the satellites and probes launched by NASA…

In control A high dose of the psychedelic psilocybin temporarily dissolves brain networks, Laura Sanders reported in “Psilocybin erases brain…

Nancy Shute is editor in chief of Science News Media Group. Previously, she was an editor at NPR and US…

As dust from the Sahara blows thousands of kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean, it becomes progressively more nutritious for marine…

Some tadpoles don’t poop for the first weeks of their lives. At least, that’s the case for Eiffinger’s tree frogs…

A red dwarf star known as Barnard’s star, which lies a mere six light-years from our solar system, has at…

Clostridioides difficile is a notoriously nasty intestinal bug, with few effective treatments and no approved vaccines. But the same technology…

The word “bionic” conjures sci-fi visions of humans enhanced to superhuman levels. It’s true that engineering advances such as better…

Dolphins are known for what appear to be big, contagious smiles. But do they actually, well, smile? The answer, according…

Above the cloud tops, thunderstorms throb with a complex, frenetic light show of high-energy radiation. A view from a retrofitted…

In the brain of a singular fruit fly, nerve cells weave themselves together, enabling flight, mating, eating, sleeping and every…