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  1. Life

    A skull found in Egypt shows this top predator stalked ancient Africa

    Archaeologists uncovered a fossilized skull of an ancient sharp-toothed predator that likely hunted early elephants and primates.

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  2. Animals

    How fish biologists discovered birds of paradise have fluorescent feathers

    A survey of museum specimens reveals that more than a dozen species of the birds sport biofluorescence in feathers, skin or even inside their throats.

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  3. Animals

    How a puffin patrol in Iceland is saving the iconic seabirds

    Light pollution disorients young puffins. The Puffling Patrol helps them find their way to the sea.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Hear patients with brain implants describe what it feels like

    In the third episode of The Deep End, Jon shares how DBS surgery went and how he and other volunteers felt in the days and weeks afterward.

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  5. Science & Society

    Fired federal workers share the crucial jobs no longer being done

    Thousands of probationary federal employees received termination notices. Many were doing crucial work at science-related agencies.

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  6. Science & Society

    Why some chaos-seekers just want to watch the world burn

    A political scientist explains how a confluence of personality traits and perceived status loss can encourage some people to generate chaos as a solution to their woes.

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  7. Life

    The butts of these blowfly larvae mimic termite faces

    The young of a mysterious blowfly species look — and smell — like the termites they hide among.

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  8. Buried Treasure Crossword

    Solve our latest interactive crossword. We'll publish science-themed crosswords and math puzzles on alternating months.

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  9. Humans

    Biological sex is not as simple as male or female

    A recent Trump executive order defines sex based on gamete size. But the order oversimplifies genetics, hormones and reproductive biology.

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  10. Climate

    Even desert cities could pull drinking water from the air 

    Water harvesting from foggy air provided up to 5 liters of water a day in a yearlong Chilean desert experiment.

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  11. Physics

    Squishy materials reveal new physics of static electricity 

    The charge transferred when identical objects touch depends on their history, scientists find.

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  12. Space

    Earth had new, temporary radiation rings last year

    Two bands of radiation called the Van Allen belts encircle Earth. After a May 2024 solar superstorm, two more showed up between those belts.

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