Politics
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A Radioactive Sea of Magma Hides Under the Surface of Mars
The discovery helped to show why the red planet’s core is not as large as earlier estimates had suggested it might be.
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See You Later, Not-an-Alligator
Sidney Godfrey was sitting in the passenger seat of a truck slowly cruising over a levee one night in 2018. This far into Florida’s dry season, the air was thick with the smell of mud wafting up from the exposed canals and wetlands along the edge of ...
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These Starfish Face Extinction. Scientists Are Helping Them Mate.
Scientists estimate that more than 5 billion sunflower sea stars, once a mighty predator, have died in the Pacific Ocean because of warming waters.
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The Holmdel Horn, a Cosmic Shrine in New Jersey, Stays Put
The radio telescope that discovered the Big Bang has survived a real estate battle — for now.
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Watch the Orionids Meteor Shower Reach Its Peak Tonight
On any given night, far from bright city lights, there’s a chance that you’ll see a beautiful streak shoot across the sky as a meteor flies overhead. But on special dates scattered throughout the year, skywatchers can catch a multitude of flares as ...
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If You’ve Ever Heard a Voice That Wasn’t There, This Could Be Why
With a ghostly finger in a lab, researchers coaxed people to hear phantom voices.
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These Amphibians Have a Taste for Their Mom’s Skin
Caecilians are the first amphibians known to pass on their microbiomes to their offspring.
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Deer Are Everywhere, but We Barely Know Them
A decade-old research project in Pennsylvania has been revealing the secret lives of familiar woodland mammals.
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Lab Leak Fight Casts Chill Over Virology Research
Scientists doing “gain-of-function” research said that heightened fears of lab leaks are stalling studies that could thwart the next pandemic virus.
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Robert Sapolsky Doesn’t Believe in Free Will. (But Feel Free to Disagree.)
There is no free will, according to Robert Sapolsky, a biologist and neurologist at Stanford University and a recipient of the MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant. Dr. Sapolsky worked for decades as a field primatologist before turning to ...