Science
Scientific discoveries, research breakthroughs, space exploration, and advancements across all science fields.
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Koda’s Tree turns ancient roots into fresh awe
Aya Koda’s recently published-in-English memoir, Tree, returns readers to Japan’s legendary age-old trees through a zuihitsu style that mixes fragility…
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Debate erupts over whether ovaries can remake eggs
oogonial stem – For decades, biology taught that women are born with a fixed egg supply that simply dwindles until…
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Patent law turned America’s inventions into a system
From Eli Whitney’s cotton gin to the Wright brothers’ first powered flight, America’s invention story is filled with milestones—but historian…
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Orangutan mothers appear to plan playdates for infants
Orangutan mothers – Over 15 years of observations of wild Bornean orangutans suggest mothers sometimes travel into neighboring territories to…
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Heat wave marks U.S. 250th with climate reality
U.S. summers – As the United States celebrates its 250th birthday, a brutal heat wave across the eastern half of…
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Mission launched to save falling Swift space telescope
save falling – A small company’s experimental space tug, built under a NASA deal and launched on a Pegasus XL…
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Radar reveals new details at Bunker Hill site
new excavation – At the Battle of Bunker Hill site—now understood through modern radar rather than earlier, rougher surveys—archaeologists unearthed…
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Arctic photographer’s climate photos win New Scientist award
Natalya Saprunova’s evocative images from Canada’s Arctic—of hunters adapting to shifting birds, communities facing thawing permafrost, and coastlines breaking apart—won…
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A July book rush confronts death, AI, and volcanoes
July 2026 – From the philosophy of friendship and the science of volcanoes to new debates about data power, ethical…
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NASA opens yearlong Mars simulation for volunteer crews
NASA opens – NASA has opened applications for its next Moon & Mars Exploration Analog (MMEA) mission: a year-long, Mars-style…
