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Nancy Shute is editor in chief of Science News Media Group. Previously, she was an editor at NPR and US…

At the end of its life, the phoenix goes out in style. With a loud cry, the crimson bird bursts…

AI has long been guilty of systematic errors that discriminate against certain demographic groups. Facial recognition was once one of…

Fall is approaching and respiratory virus season is on its way. While many people in the United States would normally…

Light pollution makes birds work overtime.A behavioral analysis of nearly 600 bird species suggests that light pollution from human development…

At 3 a.m. on a crisp May night in Chile, all seemed well with the world’s largest digital camera. Until…

Even for the world’s largest carnivorous bat, a hug is the best hello. Spectral bats are far more cooperative than…

Nicole Spartano does not have diabetes. But the Boston University epidemiologist has occasionally worn a continuous glucose monitor, or CGM,…

Human breast tissue may be capable of hosting — and passing on — bird flu. Human mammary glands contain sugars…

Fifty years ago, “fractal” was born. In a 1975 book, the Polish-French-American mathematician Benoit B. Mandelbrot coined the term to…