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Chemistry

Your phone could reveal your radiation exposure after a nuclear disaster

Examining personal electronics may help gauge people’s radiation exposure in the event of a nuclear accident or attack.

Science & Society

Here’s how the record-breaking government shutdown is disrupting science

The partial government shutdown is taking many U.S. scientists out of commission and putting up hurdles to their research.

Climate

A drill built for Mars is being used to bore into Antarctic bedrock

An autonomous drill originally designed for work on Mars has its first mission in Antarctica.

Animals

How worm blobs behave like a liquid and a solid

Blobs of worms flow like a fluid, plop like a solid and fascinate scientists.