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A tobacco hornworm caterpillar is exposed to vibrations in an anechoic chamber. Binghamton University, State University of New York

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Caterpillar twitches in an ultraquiet chamber are helping biologists understand how these insects hear without ears

Staff Writer - September 8, 2026

A drone view of the aftermath of flash flooding along the Trishuli River in Nuwakot district, Nepal, on Aug. 30, 2026. AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh

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Floods in Nepal‑Tibet disrupt pilgrimage to Mount Kailash, a sacred mountain with centuries of evolving tradition

A massive rockfall in the Himalayas led to a surge of flood water than swept through villages, killing hundreds of people, on Aug. 26, 2026. Prabin Ranabhat/AFP via Getty Images

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When a mountain falls: How ice and rock triggered Nepal’s catastrophic flood – and why climate change is raising the risks

For decades, researchers thought that bacteria become resistant to antibiotics if patients stopped taking these drugs early. Liudmila Chernetska/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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‘Must I take all my antibiotics?’ Why infectious disease experts are rethinking this longstanding rule

Uncertainty is inherent in science, but communicating it effectively requires more than explaining how much error is present in graphs. Tom Werner/DigitalVision via Getty Images

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Communicating uncertainty in research is hard, so we worked on how best to do it – here’s what you can watch out for

Some bird species on neighboring tips of the evolutionary tree can interbreed, with interesting genomic results. Kaleb Anderson

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Songbirds swap colorful plumage genes across species lines among their evolutionary...

Staff Writer - December 12, 2025

Federal legislation introduced in early 2025 proposed allowing AI to prescribe medication. Wladimir Bulgar/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

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AI’s errors may be impossible to eliminate – what that means...

Staff Writer - December 11, 2025

The effects of traumatic brain injuries go beyond what meets the eye. Naeblys/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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Newly discovered link between traumatic brain injury in children and epigenetic...

Staff Writer - December 10, 2025

This artist’s rendering shows the ESCAPADE probes near Mars. NASA

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Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting...

Staff Writer - December 9, 2025

Mysterious blasts of radio waves from across the universe called fast radio bursts help astronomers catalog matter. ESO/M. Kornmesser, CC BY-SA

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Most normal matter in the universe isn’t found in planets, stars...

Staff Writer - December 4, 2025

Scientists used drones to produce this 3D model of Rano Raraku, the volcanic crater where 95% of Rapa Nui’s giant statues were carved. Lipo et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC BY

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Drones, physics and rats: Studies show how the people of Rapa...

Staff Writer - November 28, 2025

Careful planning and analysis are part of trying to reduce the chance of a false-positive finding. Arnon Mungyodklang/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence – and that...

Staff Writer - November 27, 2025

Naloxone competes with opioids for the same receptor on the surface of neurons. Matt Rourke/AP Photo

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How does Narcan work? Mapping how it reverses opioid overdose can...

Staff Writer - November 26, 2025

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