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  1. Materials Science

    This material does weird things under pressure

    A new metamaterial has a seemingly impossible property: It swells when squeezed.

    By Maria Temming
  2. Earth

    Watch NASA’s mesmerizing new visualization of the 2017 hurricane season

    Swirls of sand, sea salt and smoke make atmospheric currents visible in a new NASA visualization.

    By Carolyn Gramling
  3. Science & Society

    A new map exhibit documents evolving views of Earth’s interior

    "Beneath Our Feet" puts maps on display to show how people have envisioned and explored Earth’s subsurface.

    By Lisa Grossman
  4. Archaeology

    Skeletons could provide clues to who wrote or protected the Dead Sea Scrolls

    Skeletons suggest a group of celibate men inhabited Dead Sea Scrolls site.