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How to Get a Killer Whale to Say ‘Hello’

The Famine Ended 70 Years Ago, but Dutch Genes Still Bear Scars

The Super Blue Blood Moon: Pictures From an Astronomical Hat Trick

Where NASA Put a Parking Lot, Dinosaurs and Mammals Once Crossed Paths

Watch the Super Blood Blue Moon Before You Go to Work on Wednesday

High Times Beckon for Using Hemp to Build Houses

We’re Getting More Sleep. A Whole 18 Minutes. It’s Not Enough.

Is This Shiny Satellite Sky Art or ‘Space Graffiti’?

A Suitcase-Size Satellite’s Big Photo of Frozen Earth Below

Seed Size Often Matters

Elephants Are Very Scared of Bees. That Could Save Their Lives.

How a Church Deacon Found the Biggest Prime Number Yet (It Wasn’t as Hard as You Think)

Swatting at Mosquitoes May Help You Avoid Bites, Even if You Miss

Billions of Plastic Pieces Litter Asia and Australia’s Coral

In an Israeli Cave, Scientists Discover Jawbone of Earliest Modern Human Out of Africa

You Are Shaped by the Genes You Inherit. And Maybe by Those You Don’t.

Yes, They’ve Cloned Monkeys in China. That Doesn’t Mean You’re Next.

This Is How You Escape a Cheetah, if You’re an Impala

This Robot Can Walk and Swim — Inside You

This Tiny Robot Walks, Crawls, Jumps and Swims. But It Is Not Alive.

Ancient Crocodiles Once Feasted on Giant Tortoises on This Island

The Google Lunar X Prize’s Race to the Moon Is Over. Nobody Won.

Why the Forest Doesn’t Fear the Fire

Falcon Heavy Expands the SpaceX Fleet

SpaceX’s Big Rocket, the Falcon Heavy, Finally Reaches the Launchpad

They Hunt. They Gather. They’re Very Good at Talking About Smells.

They Hunt. They Gather. They’re Very Good at Talking About Smells.

Are Earthquakes More Likely During Full Moons? That’s a Myth, Study Finds

In the Arctic, More Rain May Mean Fewer Musk Oxen

A Wet and Warm Spring, Then 200,000 Dead Saigas

Being Antisocial Leads to a Longer Life. For Marmots.

Fireball Cuts Through the Sky Over Michigan as Meteor Falls

Where Did Animals With Tail Weapons Go? Here’s a Back Story

The Squid That Sink to the Ocean’s Floor When They Die

If We Ever Get to Mars, the Beer Might Not Be Bad

The Swiss Consider the Lobster. It Feels Pain, They Decide.

Eyes in the Skies

War’s Other Victims: Animals

You Won’t Like This News About Bedbugs, Ticks and the ‘Bomb Cyclone’

Climate Change Is Altering Lakes and Streams, Study Suggests

Finding the Oldest Fossils of Butterflies Using a Human Nose Hair

Dolphins Mug for Camera in Awareness Test

Dolphins Show Self-Recognition Earlier Than Children

Magnetic Secrets of Mysterious Radio Bursts in a Faraway Galaxy

Emperor Penguins: Good Dads, but Less Dedicated Than You May Have Thought

Secret Satellite Launched by SpaceX May Have Failed. What Happened?

The Invisible Underwater Messaging System in Blue Crab Urine

This Worm Evolved Self-Fertilization and Lost a Quarter of Its DNA

In Africa, Geneticists Are Hunting Poachers

States Confront the Spread of a Deadly Disease in Deer