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  1. Health & Medicine

    An estimated 54,600 young children are malnourished in Gaza

    A study that screened young children in Gaza for malnutrition found that nearly 16 percent suffered from wasting in August 2025.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  2. Paleontology

    These ancient bumblebees were found with their pollen source

    Insects have long pollinated plants, but evidence of ancient pairing is rare. Fossils now show bees and linden trees goes back 24 million years.

    By Taylor Mitchell Brown
  3. Archaeology

    Fossil hand bones point to tool use outside the Homo lineage

    The fossil wrist and thumb bones suggest Paranthropus boisei could grasp tools around 1.5 million years ago.

    By Bruce Bower
  4. Animals

    The viral Chicago ‘Rat Hole’ almost certainly wasn’t made by a rat

    Researchers used methods from paleontology to analyze the quirky local landmark, created when a rodent of a certain size fell into wet concrete.