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The Terror of Threes in the Heavens and on Earth

Isaac Newton was baffled. He was already famous for discovering how gravity holds the universe together and for using that knowledge to predict...

U.S. Vaccine Program Now Flush With Cash, but Short on Key Details

Efforts to develop the next generation of Covid vaccines are running up against bureaucratic hassles and regulatory uncertainty, scientists say, obstacles that could...

How the Shortage of a $15 Cancer Drug Is Upending Treatment

Tony Shepard learned he had vocal cord cancer this spring, but he was encouraged when his doctor said he had an 88 percent...

Intensifying Rains Pose Hidden Flood Risks Across the U.S.

As climate change intensifies severe rainstorms, the infrastructure protecting millions of Americans from flooding faces growing risk of failures, according to new calculations...

Here’s a Look at the Water Crises That Might Be Coming to You Soon

Bangladesh is a land of water. Its silty rivers rush down from the Himalayas, spill into a filigreed maze of ponds, wetlands and...

How to Build a Scent Smorgasbord for Mosquitoes

For a bloodthirsty, global health threat, the African malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, has surprisingly discriminating taste. It prefers feeding on humans to other...

This Summer We’re Helping Scientists Track Birds. Join In.

Jump to:Christian Cooper and Amy Tan came to birding from very different paths. Cooper had found refuge in birding as a child, long...

Tiny Bundles of Hope: Critically Endangered Turtles Hatch in Myanmar

Small miracles are popping out of the mud around Myanmar’s largest lake: Burmese peacock softshell turtles, just hatched from their eggs. For what...

Fungal Networks Are Often Hidden and Overlooked. But They Can Help Save Us.

About 500 million years ago, when aquatic plants began to inch toward land, they couldn’t live there on their own. They enlisted fungal...

Scientists Debut Lab Models of Human Embryos

In its first week, a fertilized human egg develops into a hollow ball of 200 cells and then implants itself on the wall...

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