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  • How omicron is reshaping the pandemic

    Omicron is the fifth coronavirus variant of concern and is spreading rapidly around the world. Here’s what we know.

    By Luis VelardeDecember 22, 2021
  • NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, poised to launch, will open a new window on the cosmos — if everything goes just right

    The successor to the Hubble must evade 344 “single point failures” to achieve its ambitious mission.

    By Joel AchenbachDecember 22, 2021
  • World

    A dinosaur embryo, exceptionally preserved in an egg about to hatch, reveals links to birds

    The oviraptorosaur embryo, named Baby Yingliang, was discovered after its fossilized egg sat for 15 years in a Chinese museum's storage.

    By Amy ChengDecember 22, 2021
  • Obituaries

    Alan Scott, researcher who pioneered medical uses of Botox, dies at 89

    Botox, the drug he first used to treat conditions such as crossed eyes, went on to be used by an estimated 11 million people as a wrinkle-relaxing elixir of youth.

    By Emily LangerDecember 21, 2021
  • NASA releases new photos of Jupiter — and a recording of its moon that sounds like R2-D2

    NASA's Juno spacecraft collected electronic and magnetic data, then converted it into sounds humans can hear.

    By María PaúlDecember 19, 2021
  • Instagram image leads to discovery of new snake species

    While stuck at home because of the coronavirus lockdowns in India, a graduate student began to post photos he took while exploring his town.

    By Erin BlakemoreDecember 19, 2021
  • Animals

    A family decorated their Christmas tree. Then a venomous snake appeared among the ornaments.

    A family in South Africa discovered a boomslang — a very venomous snake — hiding inside their Christmas tree.

    By Lindsey BeverDecember 15, 2021
  • NASA's Parker Solar Probe touches the sun for the first time

    NASA's Parker Solar Probe on Dec. 14, flew through the Sun’s upper atmosphere and sampled particles and magnetic fields there.

    By December 15, 2021
  • Video shows rare total solar eclipse

    NASA video shot from Union Glacier in Antartica on Dec. 4, shows the moon passing in front of the sun, creating a rare total solar eclipse.

    By December 6, 2021
  • Climate and Environment

    Eight wolves have been poisoned in Oregon, stumping police and renewing calls for more protections

    Numerous conservation and animal protection groups are also offering a combined $26,000 reward for information leading to a conviction in the poisonings.

    By Paulina FiroziDecember 5, 2021
  • World’s strongest ocean current is speeding up — and humans are to blame

    The Antarctic Circumpolar Current’s faster circulation will change the way heat is distributed in the oceans and affect marine life, scientists suggest.

    By Erin BlakemoreDecember 5, 2021
  • Health

    Omicron possibly more infectious because it shares genetic code with common cold coronavirus, study says

    As a virus evolves to become more transmissible, it generally “loses” traits that are likely to cause severe disease, researchers said.

    By Amy ChengDecember 4, 2021
  • Do travel restrictions stop the spread of coronavirus variants?

    Several countries imposed travel restrictions to stop the spread of the omicron variant, but the WHO says the move only works “at the beginning of an outbreak.

    By Luis VelardeDecember 3, 2021
  • These living robots made of frog cells can now reproduce, study says

    The "xenobots" could already move around, display collective behavior and heal themselves. Research released Monday suggests that the cell clumps can also be engineered to sustain themselves for at least five generations.

    By Marisa IatiNovember 30, 2021
  • Online exhibit adds up the history of mathematics

    It features over 70 artifacts and goes back a whopping 4,000 years to the earliest days of counting and computation.

    By Erin BlakemoreNovember 28, 2021
  • Sky Watch: See Venus, Saturn and Jupiter fall into line

    By Blaine P. Friedlander Jr.November 28, 2021
  • Food

    Your brain on wine, milkshakes and kale juice

    What does your brain look like on wine, milkshakes and kale juice?

    By November 23, 2021
  • Space

    NASA hopes to hit an asteroid now in case we really need to knock one away later

    NASA is launching a spacecraft head-on into an asteroid, hoping to change the space rock's orbit. It is a test in case we really need to smack one out of the way someday.

    By Bonnie Berkowitz and Artur GalochaNovember 21, 2021
  • ‘Weird, hot, black ice’: Scientists discover new phase of water

    It could explain formation of icy planets such as Uranus and Neptune.

    By Erin BlakemoreNovember 21, 2021
  • No, turkey doesn’t make you sleepy: the science of Thanksgiving feasts

    Americans are preparing to knuckle down and stuff their faces, come what may. But what does this delicious debauchery do to your body?

    By Rachel FeltmanNovember 20, 2021
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    Birth order may not shape personality after all

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    Chinese scientist’s claim of gene-edited babies creates uproar

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    The growing debate over spaying and neutering dogs

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