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Unseasonably hot weather in Europe has already claimed at least 18 lives. And history shows more are likely on the way

Deep surveys of the sky have turned up galaxies vastly larger than our own. Are there even bigger ones yet to be seen?

A new look at how everything from handwriting to AI quietly reshapes our bodies, habits and sense of connection

These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque

How animals use Earth’s magnetic field to navigate is one of biology’s biggest unsolved mysteries. This study proposes a totally new source for the sixth sense

Wemby’s height gives him an advantage in blocking and rebounding, but how does the tallest player in the NBA keep hitting all those threes?

A near-miss incident and a deadly chemical accident in a single week have affected thousands and drawn scrutiny to federal rules around risk management at chemical plants

Biochemist Kamala Baghvat, later known as Kamala Sohonie, forced open the doors of India’s male-only laboratories and used her knowledge to help feed a nation

Some neuroscientists argue that the roots of experience lie deep inside the brain. If they’re right, the consciousness club will get a lot bigger

Weapons-grade plutonium can fuel nuclear reactors known as mixed oxide reactors, but none of these exist in the U.S.

A record-setting collection of precisely measured gravitational waves reveals new information about how black holes behave and evolve

Generating and confirming the randomness of qubits could lead to breakthroughs in computer data encryption

The discarded fragments of this creature apparently refuse to die, leading researchers to claim immortality

At an event at NASA Headquarters, space agency officials unveiled the first rovers and landers headed to the future site of its planned lunar south pole outpost

A new study could help identify promising treatments to extend the human lifespan, researchers say

Debate still swirls around the nature of “little red dots,” black holes glimpsed in the early universe by the James Webb Space Telescope. A controversial new weigh-in may settle the matter

Advances in quantum technology might allow astronomers to circumvent age-old issues that limit the size of optical observatories

A small, aging fleet repairs the fiber-optic cables that carry data around the globe, and conflict zones can slow that work to a crawl

There Is No Antimemetics Division explores how to survive when memories and meaning are malleable

One in four abortions in the U.S. rely on telehealth access to mifepristone, but antiabortion activists want to ban it