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Animals

Bats wearing tiny mics reveal how the fliers avoid rush hour collisions

As thousands of bats launch nightly hunting, the cacophony of a dense crowd should stymie echolocation, a so-called “cocktail party nightmare.”

By Susan Milius17 hours ago

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Animals

Snakes are often the villains. A new book gives them a fair shake

By Victoria Jaggard19 hours ago

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Health & Medicine

An overlooked organ may help the ovary function

By Meghan Willcoxon21 hours ago

An image of a sauropod dinosaur and a theropod dinosaur walking in sand on the Isle of Skye.

Scotland’s Isle of Skye was once a dinosaur promenade

By Carolyn Gramling23 hours ago

Two white dire wolves stand next to each other in front of a snowy background.

Animals

The story of dire wolves goes beyond de-extinction

By Meghan RosenApril 10, 2025

A red-brown lower jaw with a few teeth still attached, purportedly from a Denisovan, is on a black background.

Denisovans inhabited Taiwan, new fossil evidence suggests

By Bruce BowerApril 10, 2025

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Particle Physics

Neutrinos’ maximum possible mass shrinks further

By Emily ConoverApril 10, 2025

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Spotlight on Health

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How U.S. public health cuts could raise risks of infectious diseases

Deep funding cuts and widespread layoffs impact everything from local public health outreach to global disease surveillance, making us more vulnerable, experts warn.

By Tina Hesman SaeyApril 4, 2025
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More details about the Myanmar earthquake are emerging

A phenomenon called liquefaction, which causes the ground to slump like quicksand, led to significant damage after the Myanmar earthquake. The risk of aftershock remains high.

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Science & Society

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