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Did This Building Grow a Beard? Nope. Those Are Legs.

‘They’re Calling You on the Squid Phone’

Masks Work. Really. We’ll Show You How.

A Pinnacle of Coral Is Discovered in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

Scientific Journals Commit to Diversity, but Lack the Data

Ancient Dog DNA Shows Early Spread Around the Globe

NASA’s Asteroid Mission Packs Away Its Cargo. Next Stop: Earth.

Ancient Dog DNA Shows Early Spread Around the Globe

When It Comes to Octopuses, Taste Is for Suckers

How Suckerfish Surf Across Blue Whales Without Falling Off

How Musk Ox Make It Through Arctic Nights and Never-Ending Days

Midnight Virus Update

Sharks Wash Up on Beaches, Stabbed by Swordfish

Transforming Pandemic Grief Into Art

There’s Ice on the Moon, and in More Places Than NASA Once Thought

NASA Mission Springs a Small Leak After Touching an Asteroid

Footprints Mark a Toddler’s Perilous Prehistoric Journey

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5 Strange Facts About Quokkas

No Grumpy Old Men in the World of Chimps

These Winged Dinosaurs Hurtled Through the Trees like Haywire Hang Gliders

J. Michael Lane, a General in the Rout of Smallpox, Dies at 84

NASA Touched an Asteroid. How Much Will It Bring Home?

Meet the Diabolical Ironclad Beetle. It’s Almost Uncrushable.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REX Mission to Bennu Asteroid: When to Watch

Orionids Meteor Shower 2020: Watch It Peak in Night Skies

Slow Lorises Are Adorable but They Bite With Flesh-Rotting Venom

Paleontologists See Stars as Software Bleeps Scientific Terms

A Black Hole’s Lunch: Stellar Spaghetti

Why a Perfect Spiral Football Pass Doesn’t Break the Laws of Physics

Scott Lilienfeld, Psychologist Who Questioned Psychology, Dies at 59

How Many Plants Have We Wiped Out? Here Are 5 Extinction Stories

The Dire Wolf Might Have Prowled Asia, Fossil Suggests

Mario Molina, 77, Dies; Sounded an Alarm on the Ozone Layer

What Happened to South America’s Missing Mega-Mammals?

Can You Spot One of These Migrating Birds?

Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to 2 Scientists for Work on Genome Editing

Can You Stop a Car With Your Hand?

Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to 3 Scientists for Work on Black Holes

What We Dream When We Dream About Covid-19

Aging and Ailing Lab Chimps Are Still at Center of Fight for Sanctuary

What We Dream When We Dream About Covid-19

2020 Nobel Prize Winners: Full List

After Wildfires Stop Burning, a Danger in the Drinking Water

From the Rubble of Atlases, a Colossus Will Rise

Charting a Coronavirus Infection

After Wildfires Stop Burning, a Danger in the Drinking Water

Male Baboons Find Good Reasons to Be in the Friend Zone

At the Edge of Time, a Litter of Galactic Puppies