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The Microbots Are on Their Way

Chronicles of the Rings: What Trees Tell Us

U.S. to Consider Listing Giraffes as Endangered Species

A new effort to save birds pinpoints in amazing detail where they fly

An anthropology pioneer’s complicated legacy about a Native Canadian tribe

Washington passes bill to become first state to compost human bodies

Scientists turned brain signals into speech. One day, it could help people who can’t talk.

Trump and Pence push ‘America first’ agenda to the moon and outer space

Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Rule on Abortion Referrals

An Emperor Penguin Colony in Antarctica Vanishes

Giraffe populations are dwindling. They’re being considered for ‘endangered’ status.

Behold the ‘beautiful nightmare’ crab that had wrench-like claws and enormous, cartoonish eyes

Trump administration plans to move USDA research divisions despite concerns

Listen to the eerie rumble of the first ‘Mars quake’ ever detected

Coachella woman arrested after dumping seven puppies in the trash, authorities say

Sea Sponges: Nature’s Disinfectants

Why two orphaned gorillas stood tall like humans in a park ranger’s selfie

The Lyrids Meteor Shower Will Peak in Night Skies

Tiger attack sends a zoo keeper to the hospital

What’s going on with Steller sea lions? Scientists are trying to figure out why the gigantic sea creatures’s population is tumbling.

Watch a Flower That Seems to Remember When Pollinators Will Come Calling

USDA orders scientists to say published research is ‘preliminary’

One of Alaska’s warmest springs on record is causing a dangerous thaw

Ocean-Clogging Microplastics Also Pollute the Air, Study Finds

A man chucked his iguana at restaurant staff, police say. The lizard is in intensive care.

He Listed a T. Rex Fossil on eBay for $2.95 Million. Scientists Weren’t Thrilled.

It turns out great white sharks are scared of something, too

A mysterious tiny horse with a pink mane is roaming an island. Here are some theories.

Look What the Cat Dragged In: Parasites

‘Partly Alive’: Scientists Revive Cells in Brains From Dead Pigs

Scientists restore some brain cell functions in pigs four hours after death

A man was fatally attacked by a pet deer. His wife barely escaped.

How Dogs Find Their Way Home

This softshell turtle was one of the last of her kind. Her species might die with her.

A man kept one of the ‘world’s most dangerous’ birds on his farm. Then it killed him.

Show dives into stories of pioneers who created things we take for granted today

How Giant Sea Spiders May Survive in Warming Oceans

A rare trio of bald eagles — two dads, one mom — are raising eaglets together in one nest

That Black Hole Is Now Called Pōwehi, at Least in Hawaii

It’s Warm and Stealthy, and It Killed Yellowstone Trees and Turned Soil Pale

Scott Kelly Spent a Year Taking Photos in Space. They’re Beautiful.

Is artificial intelligence intelligent? How machine learning has developed.

Should That Minor Planet Be Named Gonggong? Astronomers Want the Public’s Help

The mystery of Julian Assange’s cat: Where will it go? What does it know?

How Katie Bouman Accidentally Became the Face of the Black Hole Project

Photos of the Moon by Israel’s Beresheet Spacecraft

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy to Try Again for Launch of Satellite

NASA Kelly twins study shows harsh effects of space flight and a brutal return to Earth

Scott Kelly Spent a Year in Orbit. His Body Is Not Quite the Same.

4 Takeaways From That Massive Study of Scott Kelly