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Animals

Here’s how boa constrictors squeeze their dinner without suffocating themselves

Carefully controlled breathing allows boa constrictors to pull off their signature move without cutting off their own air supply.

Climate

Forests help reduce global warming in more ways than one

Trees are often touted as bulwarks against climate change for their capacity to sequester carbon, but that’s just one part of the story.

Astronomy

Here’s the best timeline yet for the Milky Way’s big events

A new study puts more precise dates on when the Milky Way formed its thick disk and collided with a neighboring galaxy.

Paleontology

Spinosaurus’ dense bones fuel debate over whether some dinosaurs could swim

New evidence that Spinosaurus and its kin hunted underwater won't be the last word on whether some dinosaurs were swimmers.