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Chop Off This Worm’s Head and It Can Still Detect Light

The Eclipse That Revealed the Universe

What Gives the Sycamore Its Smell?

Is This Dog Dangerous? Shelters Struggle With Live-or-Die Tests

David E.H. Jones, Scientist Whose Alter Ego Challenged Conventions, Dies at 79

Life on Mars: Mirages of Earth

Scientists Give a Chrysanthemum the Blues

Taking the Pulse of the ‘Near Threatened’ Platypus Is a Tricky Task

Dr. Herbert Needleman, Who Saw Lead’s Wider Harm to Children, Dies at 89

Giant Telescope Atop Hawaii’s Mauna Kea Should Be Approved, Judge Says

Fate of Ancient Canaanites Seen in DNA Analysis: They Survived

Want to Be Happy? Find Ways to Buy Time (Maybe Get More Takeout or a Maid)

Fungi Physics: How Those Spores Launch Just Right

Marina Ratner, Émigré Mathematician Who Found Midlife Acclaim, Dies at 78

Dr. Shigeaki Hinohara, Longevity Expert, Dies at (or Lives to) 105

Even Tiny Changes in Earth’s Orbit Would Yield Global Catastrophe

A Rest Stop for Half a Billion Birds

The Rhythms That Make Elephant Seals Run or Fight

CliffsNotes From the Procrastination Research Conference

Giant Squids, Giant Eyes, but Rather Small Brain Lobes

What a Total Solar Eclipse Looks Like From Space

Why Are Dogs So Friendly? The Answer May Be in 2 Genes

An Experiment in Zurich Brings Us Nearer to a Black Hole’s Mysteries

Humans First Arrived in Australia 65,000 Years Ago, Study Suggests

A 9-Year-Old Tripped, Fell and Discovered a Million-Year-Old Fossil

Maryam Mirzakhani, Only Woman to Win a Fields Medal, Dies at 40

Ants, Dutiful Escape Artists, Build Towers in Constant Flux

Why Animals Avoid Munching on Ferns

Protected Wolves in Alaska Face Peril From Beyond Their Preserve

Unlocking Mysteries in the Sun’s 11-Year Cycle

The Secret of the Sun’s Magnetic Cycles

Living Another Day, Thanks to Grandparents Who Couldn’t Sleep

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Gets Its Close-Up

Clever Humpbacks Move In for a Meal at Salmon Hatcheries

Who Needs Hard Drives? Scientists Store Film Clip in DNA

Following the Eyes for a Clue to Autism

Moon Express Sets Its Sights on Deliveries to the Moon and Beyond

Ants Can Build an Eiffel Tower (Sort Of)

The Very Hungry Caterpillars That Turned to Cannibalism

The Salty Pink Pools of the Yucatán

An Animal Reliquary

A Mausoleum for Endangered Species

Putting the Compression in Compressed Air

Studying Sharks, Up Close and Personal

In the Deep, Dark Sea, Corals Create Their Own Sunshine

How to Attach a Video Camera to a Humpback Whale

In a Lost Baby Tooth, Scientists Find Ancient Denisovan DNA

CERN Physicists Find a Particle With a Double Dose of Charm

They Were Shorter and at Risk for Arthritis, but They Survived an Ice Age

How Are Neanderthals Related to Humans? Finally, an Answer