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‘Thunder beast’ fossils show how some mammals might have gotten big
For some mammals, the evolutionary path to gigantism after the dinosaurs’ demise…
A reappearing supernova offers a new measure of the universe’s expansion
A cosmic camera hog is helping astronomers figure out the rate of…
Science explains why shouting into the wind seems futile
Shouting into the wind isn’t so ineffective after all. The idiom is…
The new human pangenome could help unveil the biology of everyone
More than 20 years after people got a peek at the first…
A flower-shaped soft robot could make brain monitoring less invasive
A tiny, flexible machine might one day help neuroscientists eavesdrop on electrical…
Ancient giant eruptions may have seeded nitrogen needed for life
Millions of years ago, giant volcanic eruptions in what’s now Turkey and…
How Pythagoras turned math into a tool for understanding reality
If you’ve ever heard the phrase “the music of the spheres,” your…
San Francisco airport will monitor plane waste for COVID-19 variants
International travelers can now contribute valuable data to COVID-19 surveillance efforts in…
Why you shouldn’t use magnets when looking for meteorites
It’s time to drop the magnets, meteorite hunters. The commonly used method…
50 years ago, enzyme injections showed promise for treating a rare disease
Excerpt from the April 28, 1973 issue of Science News Today, several…