A dodder plant begins its life looking like a tapeworm. The tiny plant, which will never grow leaves or roots, elongates in a spindly spiral.…
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Gene editing to make heritable changes in human DNA isn’t yet safe and effective enough to make gene-edited babies, an international scientific commission says. But…
In one of the most complex cosmic dances astronomers have yet spotted, three rings of gas and dust circle a trio of stars. The star…
Sea ice in the Bering Sea, on the southern margin of the Arctic Ocean, dwindled to its smallest wintertime expanse in 5,500 years in 2018,…
In June, a large study in the United Kingdom suggested that the steroid dexamethasone could help reduce the risk of death for critically ill COVID-19…
Going bottom-up is no problem for a boat on the underside of a levitated liquid. In a container, liquid can be levitated over a layer…
The biggest. The farthest. The most energetic. A new detection of gravitational waves from two colliding black holes has racked up multiple superlatives. What’s more,…
Don’t let the name fool you. Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) look anything but flashy most of the time. Images and videos of the marine mollusks…
Another auto entry — Science News, September 12, 1970 The recent week-long clean air car race from Massachusetts to California provided a shotgun approach to…
Welcome to Soundhenge. Better known as Stonehenge, this ancient monument in southern England created an acoustic space that amplified voices and improved the sound of…