Science
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You’ll Never Believe Which Animal Makes Milk for Its Babies
Wormlike amphibians called caecilians add cloacal secretions of a nutritious material similar to milk to their numerous quirks, according to…
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Voyager 1, First Craft in Interstellar Space, May Have Gone Dark
The 46-year-old probe, which flew by Jupiter and Saturn in its youth and inspired earthlings with images of the planet…
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Spinosaurus Didn’t Swim After Its Supper, Study Claims
A new paper challenges the idea that the large, carnivorous dinosaur dived after prey rather than wading and plucking it…
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Scientists Create Elephant Stem Cells in the Lab
The results could shed light on why the animals rarely get cancer. But the researchers’ ultimate goal of bringing back…
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Seeing Stars, Sperm and Millions of Spawn After a Valentine’s Day Rendezvous
Sunflower sea stars, a species of giant starfish, are critically endangered. Researchers tinkered with sperm in an aquarium lab to…
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Atom Bombs in Space Are Back to Scare Us Again
Russian President Vladimir V. Putin may find that a nuclear weapon in orbit is less useful for war than intimidation.
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This article was published prematurely.
This article was published prematurely.
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An Ocean Moon Thought to Be Habitable May Be Oxygen-Starved
A new study suggests that the amount of the element on the moon of Jupiter is on the lower end…
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Why It’s So Challenging to Land Upright on the Moon
Two spacecraft have ended up askew on the lunar surface this year. It is easier to tip over in the…
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On the Trail of the Denisovans
ORIGINS On the Trail of the Denisovans DNA has shown that the extinct humans thrived around the world, from chilly…