Lots of dog owners love to gaze at their pups’ faces. But that fascination may be a one-way street, at least in the brain. Dogs’…
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Three virologists have won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus. Harvey Alter, of the U.S. National…
The largest sharks ever to hunt in Earth’s oceans may have gotten so big thanks to their predatory behavior in the womb, scientists report October…
With several vaccines against COVID-19 in late-phase testing, the business of measuring efficacy is front and center. Determining the efficacy, or how well a vaccine…
Faraway view Astronomers snapped the first photo of a solar system with a sunlike star and two exoplanets, Lisa Grossman reported in “A weird solar…
One of the many joys of being editor in chief of Science News is learning about remarkable work being done by younger scientists. This year’s…
Some people’s genetic inheritance from Neandertals may raise their risk of developing severe COVID-19. A stretch of DNA on human chromosome 3 was previously found…
Some snakes eat toads by politely swallowing the creatures whole. Others saw a hole in a toad’s abdomen with their teeth, shove their heads in…
A new device eavesdrops on objects to take their temperatures. Hot objects not only glow, but also softly hum. The hum is generated by the…
The race is on to keep Asian giant hornets from spreading in the Pacific Northwest. Fifteen hornets — including 11 dead ones — have turned…