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Animals

Chatty bats are more likely to take risks

Bats may broadcast their personalities to others from a distance, new experiments suggest, which could play into social dynamics within a colony.

By Richard Kemeny11 minutes ago

A sepia-toned hand drawing of a bee's brain. It is labeled with various letters and numbers.

Life

This drawing is the oldest known sketch of an insect brain

By Tina Hesman Saey11 minutes ago

A wildfire burns on a hillside, as drivers in cars on a highway pass by in the foreground.

Climate

Yes, you can blame climate change for the LA wildfires

By Nikk Ogasa2 hours ago

Four men are in the water with a Mekong giant catfish, a rare giant migratory fish that they are tagging before releasing it. You can see the legs of a crowd of people standing on the docks.

Like flyways for birds, we need to map swimways for fish

By Stefan Lovgren10 hours ago

Close-up photo of a cricket frog lying on a lily pad with its head and front legs extended into the water.

Animals

Cricket frogs belly flop their way across water

By McKenzie PrillamanJanuary 27, 2025

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Earth

Ghostly white northern lights present new auroral mystery

By Maria TemmingJanuary 27, 2025

An illustrated space scape with a bright white luminous oval at the left and a small spiral galaxy to the right

A cosmic ‘Platypus’ might link two astronomical mysteries

By Lisa GrossmanJanuary 24, 2025

Spotlight on Health

A WHO staff member wearing a blue hat and shirt gives a vaccine to girls in Kenya who are wearing green clothing. President Trump decided to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization in January.

Trump is withdrawing the U.S. from WHO. Here’s what that means

When Trump’s move to leave WHO takes effect in a year, it may gut funding for global public health and limit U.S. access to crucial data, experts warn.

By Meghan RosenJanuary 22, 2025
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Cricket frogs belly flop their way across water

Cricket frogs were once thought to hop on the water’s surface. They actually leap in and out of the water in a form of locomotion called porpoising.

Military personnel are shown with a nuclear-capable weapons system during a test.

What nuclear weapons experts will watch for under Trump

Venom sprays from the mouth of a black and tan cobra as it rests on the grassy ground with its head lifted.

Lethal snake venom may be countered by new AI-designed proteins

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How we might finally find black holes from the cosmic dawn

Two elderly people, who are more at risk of dementia, sit on a rust-colored couch. One of them is holding a small child.

U.S. dementia cases may rise to 1 million per year by 2060

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