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A Solstice of the Soul

When They Hear Plants Crying, Moths Make a Decision

How the Messy Process of Milking Cows Can Spread Bird Flu

Google Introduces A.I. Agent That Aces 15-Day Weather Forecasts

Giant Redheaded Centipedes Are Venom Mixologists

Air Turbulence From a Storm Can Start Earlier Than You Expect

Killer Whales Hunt and Feast on the Largest Fish On Earth

Psychedelic Traces Found on Mug From Ancient Egypt

Dinosaur Domination Is Marked in a Timeline of Vomit and Feces Fossils

A Stray Dog Climbed an Egyptian Pyramid. Along Came a Paraglider.

Hundreds More Nazca Lines Emerge in Peru’s Desert

An Asteroid’s Destruction May Have Given Mars Rings, Then Moons

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