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The Great Speckled Dinosaur Egg

This Halloween, Consider the Unappreciated Beauty of Spiders

Deer Antlers Couldn’t Grow So Fast Without These Genes

Hawaiian Supreme Court Approves Giant Telescope on Mauna Kea

Kepler, the Little NASA Spacecraft That Could, No Longer Can

A Vault of Glass and the Deepest Volcanic Eruption Ever Detected

Circling a Black Hole

Trolling the Monster in the Heart of the Milky Way

Increasing frequency of ocean storms alters kelp forest ecosystems

With Bugs, You’re Never Home Alone

Domestic violence interventions: Thoughts on what works to address this costly crime

Tales from the crypt: Life after death in a graveyard

A Volcanic Eruption on Mars? Nope.

Intimate-partner domestic violence in the US: costs, consequences, causes and possible solutions

A Shallow Hypothesis for Where Fish First Evolved

Divide and Preserve: Reclassifying Tigers to Help Save Them From Extinction

The Wildebeest Is One Highly Toned Machine

It’s Not Just You: Here’s Why the First Chilly Days of Fall Feel Colder

Stephen Hawking Auction: Bid on an Invitation to a 2009 Party You Might Not Be Late For

Stephen Hawking’s Final Paper: How to Escape From a Black Hole

There’s a perfectly rectangular iceberg floating in Antarctica. Here’s how it got that way.

Lavender’s Soothing Scent Could Be More Than Just Folk Medicine

How a Vortex Helps Dandelions Fly

Drifting Dandelion Seeds Produce a Vortex Never Before Seen

A ‘headless chicken monster’ sighting shows just how little we know about the ocean off Antarctica

The secret of super-strong webs is traced to tiny structures in spider glands

How Many Space Stations Does This Planet Need?

In Africa, ‘Paper Parks’ Are Starved for Cash

Lawrence Krauss to Retire From Arizona State After Sexual Misconduct Accusations

Some Plants Thrive in the Shadows

BepiColombo to Launch on Long Journey to Mercury

Researchers Explore a Cancer Paradox

With Piranha-Like Teeth, This Prehistoric Predator Never Bit Off More Than It Could Chew

Teen scientists went looking for meteorites in the Great Lakes. They found another type of alien.

As NASA’s prized telescopes falter, astronomers fear losing their eyes in space

Why Southeast Asia and Australia’s Coral Reefs Became So Rich in Species

Pando, the Most Massive Organism on Earth, Is Shrinking

Oldest fossils or just rocks? Scientists at odds over 3.7 billion-year-old structures.

How do you make a predatory dinosaur relatable? Show it as a parent.

Scientists Catch Rare Glimpses of the Endangered Vaquita

City Rats Eat Meat. Country Rats Eat What They Can.

Elizabeth Warren Has a Native American Ancestor. Does That Make Her Native American?

’Hyperalarming’ study shows massive insect loss

Rescuing Sea Turtles From Fishermen’s Nets

Heat and Drought Could Threaten World Beer Supply

Archaeologists find ‘vampire burial’ site of a child feared capable of rising from the dead

Harvard investigation finds fraudulent data in papers by heart researcher

How an Unlikely Family History Website Transformed Cold Case Investigations

How Genetic Sleuthing Helped a Kidnapped Girl Recover Her Identity

How the Humble Bean Went Global