NASA Launches Europa Clipper to Explore an Ocean Moon’s Habitability
The spacecraft lifted off Monday on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, embarking on a nearly six-year journey to Jupiter.
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CreditKevin M. Gill/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI, via Associated Press SpaceX Advances Starship Program With a Launch and a Catch
The company completed a successful test flight of the most powerful rocket ever built. Some residents near the Texas site experienced shaking as the landing vehicle was caught by mechanical arms.
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CreditSergio Flores/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Highlights From SpaceX’s Starship Launch and Landing
The company achieved a major milestone during the fifth test flight of the vehicle, which could carry people to the moon and Mars, landing the rocket’s booster stage at a Texas launch site.
CreditEric Gay/Associated Press A Shift in the World of Science
What this year’s Nobels can teach us about science and humanity.
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Hairballs Shed Light on Man-Eating Lions’ Menu
The Tsavo man-eaters terrorized railroad workers in British East Africa in the 19th century, but their tastes went well beyond human flesh.
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CreditField Museum of Natural History in Chicago TrilobitesHow to See the ‘Once-in-a-Lifetime’ Comet Flaring in Our Night Skies
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is nearing Earth and getting brighter.
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CreditMariana Suarez/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Northern Lights Animate Night Skies Around the Globe
An outburst from elevated solar activity created conditions on Thursday that kept people’s eyes glued to evening views all over the Northern Hemisphere.
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CreditJane Barlow/Press Association, via Associated Press In Photos and VideoWhat Flying in a Wind Tunnel Reveals About Birds
Some birds migrate thousands of miles every autumn. How exactly do they manage it? Scientists built a flight chamber to find out.
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CreditIan Willms for The New York Times An Old Clash Heats Up Over Oppenheimer’s Red Ties
As a group of historians and a top biographer square off, proponents of a middle path see a tangled life in which the superstar of science was, and was not, a true Communist at the same time.
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More in Origins ›When Two Sea Aliens Become One
Primitive animals called comb jellies can fuse their bodies and nervous systems together.
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CreditMariana Rodriguez-Santiago Chimps and other apes have been observed making more than 80 meaningful gestures. Three theories have tried to explain why.
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CreditCat Hobaiter Our Bigger Brains Came With a Downside: Faster Aging
A study comparing chimpanzee and human brains suggests that the regions that grew the most during human evolution are the most susceptible to aging.
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CreditVickery et al., Science Advances, 2024 How Did the First Cells Arise? With a Little Rain, Study Finds.
Researchers stumbled upon an ingredient that can stabilize droplets of genetic material: water.
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CreditAman Agrawal Scientists Find Arm Bone of Ancient ‘Hobbit’ Human
New fossils from Indonesia, including the smallest humerus ever found from an adult hominin, belonged to the tiny Homo floresiensis species, researchers said.
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More in Trilobites ›Scientists Found a Surprising Way to Make Fungus Happy
The discovery that sound improves the growth rate of beneficial fungus suggests that dirges in the dirt may help restore forests.
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CreditSaurabh Viahwakarma/Shutterstock You Can Stand Under My Umbrella, if You’re an Egg-Laying Locust
Male locusts have long been observed shielding mates from other males. Researchers say this behavior may also protect the females from desert temperatures.
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CreditKoutaro Ould Maeno et al., ESA Journals 2024 Why Mount Everest Is Growing Taller Every Year
Researchers say that two rivers merged some 89,000 years ago and gave the mightiest peak in the Himalayas a huge growth spurt.
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CreditFrank Bienewald/LightRocket, via Getty Images Things Are Looking Up for Africa’s Upside-Down Baobab Trees
A researcher followed up on a study warning that the massive trees were in danger, and found many venerable specimens thriving.
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CreditSarah Venter This Fish Evolved Legs That It Uses to Taste Stuff on the Seafloor
While the sea robin has legs, it still doesn’t need a bicycle.
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More in Climate and Environment ›California Tries ‘Trump-Proofing’ Its Climate Policies
A second Trump administration would be expected to shred climate polices. California officials are devising ways to insulate its environmental regulations.
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CreditTodd Heisler/The New York Times How Global Warming Made Hurricane Milton More Intense and Destructive
Greenhouse gas emissions added rain, intensified winds and doubled the storm’s potential property damage, scientists estimated.
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CreditPaul Ratje for The New York Times In a First, a Gas Utility Is Sued Over Global Warming Deception
The Oregon lawsuit alleges that the utility knew of the dangers of burning fossil fuels and misled its customers.
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CreditNathan Howard/Getty Images Here’s What a Shocking New Number on Wildlife Declines Really Means
The results from an important ongoing assessment look grim. But the survey is often misunderstood.
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CreditFederico Rios for The New York Times Where Americans Have Been Moving Into Disaster-Prone Areas
As Americans have flocked south and west, more people have been exposed to the risk of hazards like hurricanes, floods, wildfires and dangerous heat.
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Therapeutic Food Shortage Puts African Children at Risk of Starvation, U.N. Agency Says
Supplies of a highly nutritious treatment are running out, according to UNICEF.
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TimesVideoNASA Launches Mission to Study Jupiter’s Moon
Europa Clipper will study whether Europa, Jupiter’s fourth-largest moon, possesses ingredients and conditions favorable for life.
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In Jordan, a ‘Stunning’ Discovery Under Petra’s Ancient Stone
A recent excavation has unearthed 12 human skeletons and a chamber of grave offerings near Petra’s Treasury building, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
By Ali Watkins
Russia’s Latest Target in Africa: U.S.-Funded Anti-Malaria Programs
Scientists fighting the spread of infectious diseases on the continent have been targeted online by pro-Russian activists, part of an effort to spread fear and mistrust of the West.
By Elian Peltier
TimesVideoSpaceX Achieves Its First-Ever ‘Chopsticks’ Landing
SpaceX launched and returned a large rocket booster to its Texas site, catching it with mechanical arms in its first-ever “chopsticks” landing.
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the new old ageThe Cutting-Edge Hearing Aids That You May Already Own
Apple is preparing to turn its AirPods Pro 2 into easy-to-use aids for people with mild to moderate hearing loss.
By Paula Span
A Rare Sighting of Northern Lights Entrances Viewers in New York Area
The aurora borealis, which transformed the sky with startling streaks of pink and purple, arose from a magnetic storm.
By Christopher Maag and Tim Balk
Frances Conley, Neurosurgeon Who Protested Sexism, Dies at 83
She was the rare woman in her field, and a tenured professor. But when a sexist colleague was promoted, she quit, forcing a reckoning in her profession.
By Penelope Green
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Moves Like the Solar System’s Biggest Kickball
A sequence of images captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope showed how much the giant storm changed shape as it traveled within the planet’s atmosphere.
By Robin George Andrews
Florida IV Fluid Plant Spared From Storm, Company Says
Milton threatened a Daytona Beach site that produces one-fourth of the nation’s IV medical solutions, which were already in short supply because of storm damage in North Carolina.
By Christina Jewett
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