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Melting Ice Reveals Mummified Penguins in Antarctica

First Fossil Feather Ever Found Belonged to This Dinosaur

Cats Shed More Than Dogs. The Coronavirus, Not Fur.

Infected by a Virus, a Killer Fungus Turns Into a Friend

Hold Me, Squeeze Me, Bite My Head

Arthur Ashkin, 98, Dies; Nobel Laureate Invented a ‘Tractor Beam’

Robert Gore, Inventor of Gore-Tex, Is Dead at 83

A Hopeful Forecast: More Accurate Long-Term Weather Predictions

What’s Behind Those Colorful Leaves?

Why So Blue, Tarantula? A Mystery Gets a New Clue

Nothing Eats Viruses, Right? Meet Some Hungry Protists

‘Mussel-bola’ Could Be Spreading. Maybe Now You’ll Pay Attention.

Bringing the Ocean’s Midnight Zone Into the Light

Aromatherapy in the Apiary Is What Bees Need

In a Desert’s Burning Sands, Shrimp

The Pros and Cons of Swimming With a Hammer Head

On Venus, Cloudy With a Chance of Microbial Life

Mount Wilson Observatory Survives a Trial by Fire

Sometimes Food Fights Back

John Najarian, Pioneering Transplant Surgeon, Dies at 92

This Tree’s Leaves Look Soft and Inviting. Please Don’t Touch Them.

The Vikings Were More Complicated Than You Might Think

That Mushroom Motorcycle Jacket Will Never Go Out of Style

Meet a Bee With a Very Big Brain

A Solar Forecast With Good News for Civilization as We Know It

The Search for Life on Venus Could Start With This Private Company

The Good, the Bad and the ‘Radically Dishonest’

Missions to Venus: Highlights From History, and When We May Go Back

Life on Venus? Astronomers See a Signal in Its Clouds

The Hidden History Baked Into a Cooking Pot

Vaccine Makers Keep Safety Details Quiet, Alarming Scientists

How Old Is This Ancient Vision of the Stars?

In This Woodpecker Kingdom, War Is a Spectator Sport

Joan Feynman, Who Shined Light on the Aurora Borealis, Dies at 93

These Hummingbirds Take Extreme Naps. Some May Even Hibernate.

After a Feast, These Sea Anemones Grow More Arms

Old Male Elephants: Don’t Count Them Out

How a Praying Mantis Says ‘Boo!’

Up Is Down in This Fun Physics Experiment

A Turtle With a Permanent Smile Was Brought Back From Extinction

These Black Holes Shouldn’t Exist, but There They Are

Melting Glaciers Are Filling Unstable Lakes. And They’re Growing.

From the Seabed, Figures of an Ancient Cult