China’s first Mars rover is taking in the view of its new home. The Zhurong rover touched down on the Red Planet on May 14,…
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Precise control of the tongue is often vital in life, from the way frogs capture flies to human speech (SN: 1/31/17). But much remains unknown…
Winter usually kills most forest fires. But in the boreal woods that encircle the far North, some fires, like zombies, just don’t die. The first…
To make a spider flee, bring on the fire ants. Or rather, just their chemical signals. Some spiders common in North American homes avoid building…
Over the last four decades, a highly organized, well-funded campaign powered by the fossil fuel industry has sought to discredit the science that links global…
As restaurants, bars, businesses and schools reopen and mask requirements drop for the fully vaccinated, some people are asking how to bring in customers and…
In an instant, the bomb obliterated everything. The tower it sat on and the copper wires strung around it: vaporized. The desert sand below: melted.…
The Milky Way as we know it today was shaped by a collision with a dwarf galaxy about 10 billion years ago. But most of…
The key ingredient in the illicit drug known as Ecstasy or Molly may offer profound relief from post-traumatic stress disorder. When paired with intense talk…
The first genetically modified mosquitoes that will be allowed to fly free outdoors in the United States have started reaching the age for mating in…