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When one supernova commenced, it looked like an olive — at least before it got shaken and stirred. This insight,…

Dolphins whistle, humpback whales sing and sperm whales click. Now, a new analysis of sperm whale codas — a unique…

New evidence may resolve a longstanding archaeological puzzle in Peru. A vast line of thousands of holes dug into a…

From growing smaller leaves to shape-shifting its insides, a desert flowering plant goes all in to flourish in the harshest…

The jewels nabbed in the Louvre heist may still be at large, but scientists have just closed the case on…

Hidden beneath all their rum-pum-pumming, woodpeckers are quietly grunt-grunt-grunting. The birds exhale with each strike, much like a tennis pro…

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Iceland’s first mosquitoes are poised to face a frosty test. Winter is coming, and it’s uncertain whether these newcomers might…

When a person is trapped in an avalanche, there is very little time before their oxygen supply runs out. A…

Meghan Rosen is a senior writer who reports on the life sciences for Science News. She earned a Ph.D. in…