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Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses how science and armed conflict have been intertwined throughout history, from the Greeks in 400 B.C. to the use of tear gas in the protests across the United States as recently as a few months ago.
Mar 20, 2026
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A court ruling that blocks Trump administration vaccine policy is a win for science. But much work remains to rebuild trust in vaccines.
Ryan Gosling is on a mission to save the sun — and Earth — from star-killing microbes. Science News dissects the science behind the sci-fi movie.
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This spring, these six orchids will lure pollinators with mimicry, scent or other unusual strategies.
Mosquitoes stop feeding because signals from rectal cells tell them they’re full, offering a target for preventing human bites.
Experimenters hope to harness the powerful effects of medications such as Ozempic and Wegovy at doses smaller than those studied most.
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Solve the math puzzle from our April 2026 issue, where we plant floras to celebrate an upcoming nuptial.
Mar 19, 2026
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Magnetic crystals provide the earliest evidence yet of the plate tectonics that likely made Earth habitable, pushing its start back by 140 million years.
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Data suggest people lived at Chile’s Monte Verde site thousands of years later than thought, challenging key “pre-Clovis” evidence. Not all agree.
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Climate change is affecting microbes, and that has implications for all life on Earth.
Mar 18, 2026
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Seemingly random charging of identical materials depends on the carbonaceous molecules stuck to their surfaces
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The Day After Tomorrow, Snowpiercer, Snowball Earth: Such end-of-days visions of a frozen Earth are fantastical … but can contain a snowflake of truth.
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Nearly one third of sharks studied near the Bahamas’ Eleuthera Island were found to have caffeine, painkillers and other drugs in their bloodstreams.
Mar 17, 2026
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Platypuses are the first mammals known to have hollow melanosomes, pigment-bearing structures found in the hair of many animals.
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Satellite data show that U.S. cities have more nighttime cloud cover than nearby countryside, and building height and density help explain why.
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Each year, thousands of people in the U.S. die waiting for donated organs. A new book shares how organs from other species could change that.
Mar 16, 2026
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When combined with clinical markers, smartwatch data was able to help detect insulin resistance with nearly 90 percent accuracy.
Heat and humidity now severely limit light physical activity for millions of people around the world, with older adults facing the greatest burden.
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A colony of African vervets in Dania Beach raises big questions about how humans can and should manage nonnative species.
Mar 13, 2026
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A genetic mutation tied to keeping the brain healthy at high altitudes may point to a way to repair nerve damage, experiments in mice show.
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Levels of six RNA molecules in the blood ID’d older adults likely to survive two more years. Whether it will work for other people is a big question.
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People quickly normalize extreme weather. Simple visuals highlighting abrupt change could help climate change break through our mental blind spots.
Mar 12, 2026
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A new analysis of a large fossil shinbone suggests T. rex ancestors came from North America instead of Asia. Not everyone agrees.
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Environmental cues can flip a molecular switch in the brain, turning males from caregivers to killers.
Mar 11, 2026
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AI-generated meal plans for fictional teens cut an entire meal’s worth of calories and carbs while overemphasizing protein and fats, a new study reports.
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People are increasingly using AI auto-complete features when writing. Unbeknownst to them, that feature may change how they think.
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An experiment mimicking conditions on the Saturn moon suggests that cell-like bubbles don’t form in methane lakes, puncturing hopes for alien life.
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Superluminous supernovas are the brightest stellar explosions in the universe. Astronomers may have found a mechanism that can trigger these events.
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The Amazon molly reproduces without sex. A genomic copy-and-paste trick called gene conversion may explain how it avoids evolutionary meltdown.