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How to Evade Taxes in Ancient Rome? A 1,900-Year-Old Papyrus Offers a Guide.

A Self-Made Space Historian Is Stepping Into the Role Full Time

The Skin on Mysterious Medieval Books Concealed a Shaggy Surprise

King K. Holmes, 87, Dies; Researcher Destigmatized Study of S.T.I.s

Ideology May Not Be What You Think but How You’re Wired

SpaceX Astronauts Splash Down Off California Coast for the First Time

The Very Territorial Caterpillar

One Bird Nest, 30 Years of Human Trash

Scientists Reveal the Hairy Truth About Giant Ground Sloths

A love letter to the Division of Violence Prevention

A New Dinosaur Museum Rises From a Hole in the Ground in New Jersey

The 2025 Partial Solar Eclipse: When, Where and How to Watch

Auroras Are Spotted on Neptune for the First Time, and Lead to a New Mystery

SpaceX Rocket Leaves a Glowing Spiral in the Sky, Visible Across Europe

Lessons From a Lost-Pet Detective Named Kat

Kilmer McCully, Pathologist Scorned for Heart Disease Theory, Dies at 91

Watch the Moon Blush Blood Red During a Total Lunar Eclipse

Videos Show Narwhals Using Their Tusks to Play With Their Food

Think You Understand Your Dog? Think Again.

Science, Politics and Anxiety Mix at Rally Under Lincoln Memorial

Twin Test Flight Explosions Show SpaceX Is No Longer Defying Gravity

Humans Have Been Perfecting Avocados for 7,500 Years

Debris Rains Down After SpaceX Starship Test Flight

Intuitive Machines landed on the moon and then tipped over.

What to know about the moon landing.

Vesuvius Erupted, but When Exactly?

How Fungi Move Among Us

NASA Gives ‘All Clear’ for Asteroid That Seemed to Threaten Earth

Earth’s 1st Asteroid Mining Prospector Heads to the Launchpad

A Boneyard Along the Thames River Reveals London’s Ancient Burials

Dickson Despommier, Who Championed Farming in Skyscrapers, Dies at 84

The Gene That Made Mice Squeak Strangely

Louis Pasteur’s Relentless Hunt for Germs Floating in the Air

On a Mission to Heal Gila Monsters

Lasers, Waffle Fries and the Secrets in Pterosaurs’ Tails

A Mathematician Who Makes the Best of Things

But how much does breed shape a dog’s health and behavior?

Curses! A Swearing Expert Mulls the State of Profanity.

Grand Canyons on the Moon Were Made in a Matter of Minutes

Could the Bird Flu Become Airborne?

Something Small Is Killing Great White Sharks

Something Small Is Killing Great White Sharks

See Lucy Run, 3.2 Million Years Ago

Kennedy was paid over $2 million for legal referrals against vaccine makers

66 Million-Year-Old Fossilized Vomit Is Found in Denmark

Snakeskin: It’s Fashionable, and It Scares Predators Away From Bird Nests

She Made Things Better Down Where It’s Wetter

The Very Long Wait for Jeff Bezos’ Big Rocket Is Coming to an End

Big Rockets, a Big Telescope and Big Changes in Space Await in 2025