The nation’s northern region has led the scientific quest to understand the aurora borealis. This summer, a 10,000-antenna radar is expected to begin the next phase of exploration.
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Horses, with their high-pitched whinnies, seemed to buck the trend of larger animals producing lower sounds, but a new study explains the mechanics behind the noises a horse makes.
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Even Charles Darwin was puzzled by the evolution of the vertebrate eye. New research suggests that it traces back to a cyclopean invertebrate with a single eye atop the head.
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Living in urban China may have given the insects the traits they needed to thrive in the United States, a new study suggests.
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The rocket will be removed from the launchpad in order for technicians to investigate and fix a malfunctioning helium system.
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Legions of fans from around the world have been cheering on Punch, a 7-month-old macaque who had been struggling to socialize at a zoo outside Tokyo.
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Michael Silevitch leads a research center dedicated to protecting busy public spaces. Last April, he was instructed to “end all work” immediately.
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Technical and oversight problems left two astronauts aboard the International Space Station for months longer than had been expected.
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Officials are designing new ways to protect the shorelines from sudden flooding and longer storm seasons.
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But the case against the California attorney general, prompted by his lawsuit over Exxon’s plastic recycling program, can proceed in Texas federal court.
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Federal health officials have pared back the number of shots recommended for children. The states, led by Democrats, say the changes were not based on science.
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Ms. Stavenhagen started a group intended to counter the notion that A.L.S. was an “older white man’s disease.”
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Dr. Ralph Abraham, the agency’s principal deputy director, has called the Covid vaccines “dangerous.” Other skeptics have recently left federal health roles.
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The case could have significant bearing on a range of other lawsuits brought against the fossil fuel industry by cities and states across the country.
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The next moon mission, carrying four astronauts, could launch as soon as early March.
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A closely watched clinical trial in Britain that screened blood for early detection of cancer did not show a reduction in diagnoses at later stages of the disease.
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New A.I. sites could drive up your power bill. We look at possible solutions.
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The Trump administration is threatening to leave the influential agency unless it stops publishing its annual road map for cutting planet-warming emissions.
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Researchers filmed a 10-to-13-foot sleeper shark off the South Shetland Islands, in what may be the first recording of the species that far south.
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None of the main research on the voyage of the Araon was funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, a sign of the difficult times for American science.
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But stay tuned: We’ve still got more to share about this Antarctic expedition, and the next ones scientists are already planning.
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Senior officials at the Environmental Protection Agency are expected to announce the move on Friday, according to people briefed on the matter.
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Dr. Jay Bhattacharya will serve as the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention until President Trump appoints a permanent director.
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In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones.
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Moderna held further discussions with regulators and announced that the agency would accept the company’s application for approval of its flu vaccine that uses mRNA technology.
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Environmental and health groups sued the E.P.A. over its elimination of the endangerment finding. The matter is likely to end up before the Supreme Court.
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In the Lost Science series, scientists whose jobs or funding have been cut by the Trump administration tell their stories.
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