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The Romans Called it ‘Alexandrian Glass.’ Where Was It Really From?

Lizard Popsicles, Anyone?

NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Launch: When to Watch

Whence Came Stonehenge’s Stones? Now We Know

Getting to Mars Is Easy. It’s the Stopping That Can Kill You.

This Moss Uses Quartz as a Parasol

Virgin Galactic Unveils Comfy Cabin for Jet-Setting to the Edge of Space

These Microbes May Have Survived 100 Million Years Beneath the Seafloor

Bringing Mars Rocks to Earth: Our Greatest Interplanetary Circus Act

How NASA Found the Ideal Hole on Mars to Land In

Can Trees Live Forever? New Kindling for an Immortal Debate

A Possible Weapon Against the Pandemic: Printing Human Tissue

Meet the 3 Spacecraft Heading to Mars This Summer

Why Everyone’s Talking the ‘Green Banana’ Off Florida’s Coast

Why the ‘Super Weird’ Moons of Mars Fascinate Scientists

3 Great Mysteries About Life on Mars

With Covid-19, a Seismic Quiet Like No Other

Viking Age Smallpox Complicates Story of Viral Evolution

Ronald L. Graham, Who Unlocked the Magic of Numbers, Dies at 84

Why Some Mosquitoes Prefer Humans

Large DNA Study Traces Violent History of American Slavery

China’s Mars Launch: When to Watch

China Will Answer ‘Heavenly Question’: Can It Land on Mars?

Vampire Bats Self-Isolate, Too

Black Children Are More Likely to Die After Surgery Than White Peers, Study Shows

Nature’s Noisiest Liars Carry Secrets in Their Calls

Black Children Are More Likely to Die After Surgery Than White Peers, Study Shows

Gordon Bower, Inventive Memory Researcher, Is Dead at 87

Emirates Mars Mission Launch: When to Watch

California’s ‘Bear Whisperer’ Is Out of a Job

Flossie Wong-Staal, Who Unlocked Mystery of H.I.V., Dies at 73

Cave’s Clues Show It’s More Than Just Oldest Outhouse in the Americas

NASA Delays James Webb Telescope Launch Date, Again

Tratamientos y medicamentos para el coronavirus: monitoreo de efectividad

How Ultra-Black Fish Disappear in the Deepest Seas

Tiny Solar Flares Are All Over the Sun. They’re Called Campfires.

Comet NEOWISE: How to See It in Night Skies

Covid-19 Risk Doesn’t Depend (Much) on Blood Type, New Studies Find

Scientists Have Finally Calculated How Many Hot Dogs a Person Can Eat at Once

How a Velvet Ant (Which Is a Wasp) Got Its White Fluff

Scientists Find an Earthquake’s Toll in an Organism’s DNA

How the United Arab Emirates Set Its Sights on Mars

Scientists Say You Can Cancel the Noise but Keep Your Window Open

Lockdowns Spared Millions of Animals From Becoming Roadkill, Researchers Say

Beyond the Milky Way, a Galactic Wall

This Ancient Sea Creature Builds Its Body With a Whisper, not a Scream

How a Saber-Tooth Marsupial Blinded Us With Its Bite

Polynesian DNA Suggests Epic Voyage to South America 800 Years Ago

New Red Algae Are Threatening Hawaii’s Coral Reefs, Scientists Say

Scrutinizing SpaceX, NASA Overlooked Some Boeing Software Problems