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Cockatoos can tell when they need more than one tool to...
Cockatoos know when it will take a stick and a straw to nab a nut in a puzzle box....
This dinosaur might have used its feet to snag prey in...
Fossilized toe pads suggest a hawklike hunting style in Microraptor, a dinosaur...
In the wake of history’s deadliest mass extinction, ocean...
Ocean life may have recovered in just a million years after the Permian-Triassic...
Hominids used stone tool kits to butcher animals earlier...
Finds in Kenya push Oldowan tool use back to around 2.9 million years ago, roughly...
How fingerprints form was a mystery — until now
A theory proposed by British mathematician Alan Turing in the 1950s helps explain...
The Kuiper Belt’s dwarf planet Quaoar hosts an impossible...
Quaoar’s ring lies outside the Roche limit, an imaginary line beyond which rings...
Some ‘friendly’ bacteria backstab their algal pals. Now...
The friendly relationship between Emiliana huxleyi and Roseobacter turns deadly...
Physicists stored data in quantum holograms made of twisted...
Light that travels in corkscrew-like paths provides a way to make holograms that...
Mammals that live in groups may live longer, longevity...
An analysis of nearly 1,000 mammal species reveals that the evolution of mammals’...
What to know about Turkey’s recent devastating earthquake
Science News spoke with U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Susan Hough about the...
Fish can recognize themselves in photos, further evidence...
Cleaner fish recognize themselves in mirrors and photos, suggesting that far more...
Many plans for green infrastructure risk leaving vulnerable...
Green infrastructure is one way to help combat climate hazards like flooding. But...
How plant ‘muscles’ fold up a mimosa leaf fast
A mimosa plant revs up tiny clumps of specially shaped cells that collapse its leaflets,...
50 years ago, scientists debated when humans first set...
In 1973, archaeologists debated when people first arrived in the Americas. Mounting...
A newfound ‘croakless’ frog may communicate via touch
A newly discovered frog species in Tanzania joins a rare group of frogs that don’t...
Water is weird. A new type of ice could help us understand...
A newfound type of amorphous ice with a density close to liquid water could help...
Here are 3 people-animal collaborations besides dolphins...
Dolphins working with people to catch fish recently made a big splash. But humans...
Here are 7 new science museums and exhibitions to visit...
The Grand Egyptian Museum is slated to open, as well as new exhibitions dedicated...
The deadly VEXAS syndrome is more common than doctors thought
The recently discovered inflammatory disease, VEXAS syndrome, typically occurs in...
Muon scanning hints at mysteries within an ancient Chinese...
Density fluctuations within the ancient rampart encircling the city of Xi’an could...
A new metric of extinction risk considers how cultures...
Conservation efforts should consider relationships between cultural groups and the...
Prairie voles can find partners just fine without the ‘love...
Researchers knocked out prairie voles’ oxytocin detection system. They weren’t expecting...
Mysterious marks on Ice Age cave art may have been a form...
Hunter-gatherers during the Ice Age may have recorded when prey mated and gave birth,...
It’s possible to reach net-zero carbon emissions. Here’s...
Cutting carbon dioxide emissions to curb climate change and reach net zero is possible...
Birds that dive may be at greater risk of extinction
For birds, a diving lifestyle seems irreversible, evolutionarily speaking. The inflexibility...
Fossils suggest early primates lived in a once-swampy Arctic
Teeth and jawbones found on Ellesmere Island, Canada, suggest that two early primate...
These shape-shifting devices melt and re-form thanks to...
Miniature machines made of gallium embedded with magnetic particles can switch between...
Procrastination may harm your health. Here’s what you can...
Scientists have tied procrastination to mental and physical health problems. But...
Lots of Tatooine-like planets around binary stars may be...
A new simulation suggests that planets orbiting a pair of stars may be plentiful,...
A bird with a T. rex head may help reveal how dinosaurs...
The 120-million-year-old Cratonavis zhui, newly discovered in China, had a head...
Some young sea spiders can regrow their rear ends
Juvenile sea spiders can regenerate nearly all of their bottom halves — including...
Earth’s inner core may be reversing its rotation
In the past 13 years, the rotation of the planet’s solid inner core may have temporarily...
A rare rabbit plays an important ecological role by spreading...
Rabbits aren’t thought of as seed dispersers, but the Amami rabbit of Japan has...
Recycling rare earth elements is hard. Science is trying...
As demand grows, scientists are inventing new — and greener — ways to recycle rare...
Rare earth elements could be pulled from coal waste
The scheme would provide valuable rare earth metals and help clean up coal mining’s...
Too much of this bacteria in the nose may worsen allergy...
Hay fever sufferers have an overabundance of Streptococcus salivarius. The mucus-loving...
New data show how quickly light pollution is obscuring...
Tens of thousands of observations from citizen scientists spanning a decade show...
Chicken DNA is replacing the genetics of their ancestral...
Up to half of modern jungle fowl genes have been inherited from domesticated chickens....
Want a ‘Shrinky Dinks’ approach to nano-sized devices?...
Patterning hydrogels with a laser and then shrinking them down with chemicals offers...
Scientists have found the first known microbes that can...
Lab experiments show that Halteria ciliates can chow down solely on viruses. Whether...
These adorable Australian spike-balls beat the heat with...
An echidna’s snot bubbles coat the spiny critter’s nose with moisture, which then...
Cyclones in the Arctic are becoming more intense and frequent
Over the last 70 years, boreal storms have steadily grown stronger. And climate...
These chemists cracked the code to long-lasting Roman concrete
Roman concrete has stood the test of time, so scientists searched ruins to unlock...
A powerful laser can redirect lightning strikes
In a mountaintop experiment, a laser beamed into the sky created a virtual lightning...
How rare earth elements’ hidden properties make modern...
Because of their unique chemistry, the rare earth elements can fine-tune light for...
Here’s what you need to know about COVID’s XBB.1.5 ‘Kraken’...
XBB.1.5, an offshoot of the coronavirus’s omicron variant, can hide from parts of...
Enceladus is blanketed in a thick layer of snow
Pits on the Saturnian moon reveal the surprising depth of the satellite’s snow,...
Sea life offers a lens for self-exploration in ‘How Far...
In a collection of essays profiling 10 marine animals, author Sabrina Imbler mixes...
HDL ‘good’ cholesterol isn’t always good for heart health
High levels of HDL cholesterol don’t appear to protect against heart disease, while...
The James Webb telescope found ‘Green Pea’ galaxies in...
The James Webb telescope spotted tiny “green” galaxies that might have helped trigger...
