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Barnard’s Star Finally Has a Planet, and Possibly More

This Elephant Uses a Hose to Give Herself a Shower Every Day

Church in Egyptian Desert Reveals Early Christian Burial Practices

Last N.I.H. Chimps to Move From New Mexico Facility

Japanese Scientists Bet on an Ancient Material for Their New Satellite: Wood

Richard A. Cash, Who Saved Millions From Dehydration, Dies at 83

Diving to Drink a 19th-Century Shipwreck’s Treasure

Instead of Going Boldly on Space, Harris Has Taken a Steady Approach

If You Think You Can Hold a Grudge, Consider the Crow

If You Think You Can Hold a Grudge, Consider the Crow

The Early Bird Got the Cicada, Then an Evolutionary Air War Started

That 800-Year-Old Corpse in the Well? Early Biological Warfare.

82 American Nobel Prize Winners Endorse Kamala Harris

Andrew V. Schally, 97, Dies; Scientist Shared Nobel Glory With Rival

The Orionids Meteor Shower Is Peaking. Here’s How to Watch.

Sperm Can’t Unlock an Egg Without This Ancient Molecular Key

Parachutes Made of Mucus Change How Some Scientists See the Ocean

A Distant Planet May Host a Moon That’s Spewing a Volcanic Cloud

Here’s what to know about the fifth Starship test flight.

Hairballs Shed Light on Man-Eating Lions’ Menu

When Two Sea Aliens Become One

Some Scientists May Never Win a Nobel, but They Still Deserve These Prizes

DNA Reveals the Origin Stories of America’s Captive Tigers

After a Decade, Scientists Unveil Fly Brain in Stunning Detail

‘Ring of Fire’ Solar Eclipse Will Be Visible in Parts of South America

You Can Stand Under My Umbrella, if You’re an Egg-Laying Locust

SpaceX to Launch Crew-9 Mission for NASA: How to Watch

Things Are Looking Up for Africa’s Upside-Down Baobab Trees

A Patchwork of Cannabis Laws Creates Health Risks, Study Finds

This Fish Evolved Legs That It Uses to Taste Stuff on the Seafloor

This Cheese Stood Alone for 3,600 Years

Punching Octopuses Lead Fish on Hunting Parties

This Shark Lives 400 Years. Its DNA May Explain Why.

Earth’s Fall Equinox Ushers In Astronomical Autumn

The Squishy Truth About Why You’re Seeing Fewer Spotted Lanternflies

A Supermoon and Lunar Eclipse Will Light Up and Darken Tuesday’s Night Sky

A Fungus Decimated American Bats. Now Scientists Are Fighting Back.

Mapping the Decline of Eelgrass Along Maine’s Coast

Dr. George Berci, Whose Innovations Changed Surgery, Dies at 103

These Apes Dance Like Someone Is Watching

Polaris Dawn Astronauts Reach Record High Orbit Above Earth

Francisco Lopera, Pioneer in Alzheimer’s Research, Dies at 73

Steve Silberman, 66, Dies; Writer Deepened Understanding of Autism

What a Puppy Kindergarten Revealed About Raising Exceptional Dogs

Our Bigger Brains Came With a Downside: Faster Aging

Dismantling the Ship That Drilled for the Ocean’s Deepest Secrets

Ancient Tablets Foretold Doom Awaiting Babylonian Kings

Helen Fisher, Who Researched the Brain’s Love Circuitry, Dies at 79

Under a Frozen Army Base, He Found Incredible Fossils

Leonard Hayflick, Who Discovered Why No One Lives Forever, Dies at 98