Researchers identify a bacterium that enables its host to breathe nitrate instead of oxygen

Meet Candidatus Azoamicus ciliaticola, discovered in a Swiss lake

Irene Zhang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

April 10, 2021

The less you know about a piece of art, the more impact it might make on you emotionally

Fulvia Del Duca, Technical University of Munich

April 9, 2021

Neuroscience has a part in why you're playing Taylor Swift's songs on repeat

Sarah Anderson, Northwestern University

April 8, 2021

People with immune systems primed to fend off bacteria are more susceptible to a common virus

Hazel Walker, University of Cambridge

April 8, 2021

People of the Tiahuanaco civilization engineered their own rocks to build temples and monuments

Maria Teresa Cardozo Robles , Geology

April 7, 2021

When can kids get the COVID-19 vaccine? A pediatrician answers parent questions

James B. Wood, Indiana University School of Medicine

April 6, 2021

New earthquake-detecting app may give people more time to evacuate

Kristen Vogt Veggeberg, University of Illinois at Chicago

April 6, 2021

Uranus emits extra x-rays, and scientists don't know why

Briley Lewis, University of California, Los Angeles

April 4, 2021

Scientists engineer a sustainable plastic made of tiny building blocks

Emily Mueller, University of Michigan

April 2, 2021

Space travel is now open to the public

SpaceX's Inspiration4 has picked two new astronauts and will be launching September 2021

Briley Lewis, University of California, Los Angeles

April 2, 2021

Think twice before you ice after an injury

Margaux Lopez, Vera C. Rubin Observatory

April 2, 2021

Over-the-counter COVID tests are coming sooner rather than later

Hannah Norman, Kaiser Health News

April 2, 2021

Weeding out non-native strawberry guava keeps a flying fox, and the crops it feeds on, out of harm's way

Eva Colberg, University of Missouri - St. Louis

March 30, 2021

The Ever Given and the physics of big ships clogged the Suez Canal

Margaux Lopez, Vera C. Rubin Observatory

March 28, 2021

Ocean heatwaves like "The Blob" cause lasting damage to marine ecosystems

Keira Monuki, University of California, Davis

March 28, 2021

Paw hygiene is no reason to ban assistance dogs from hospitals – they’re cleaner than people’s shoes

Joris Wijnker, Utrecht University

Paul Overgaauw, Utrecht University

March 27, 2021

A decoy may be the key to developing a vaccine against a deadly bioweapon

Amanda Rossillo, Duke University

March 25, 2021

Meet Sophie Germain, the amateur mathematician who worked on number theory's toughest problem

Rebecca Lea Morris, Freelance

March 23, 2021

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The Human Pangenome
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When the human genome was announced as completed, it wasn’t. The “finished” genome was filled with gaps, and was not representative of humanity’s genetic diversity. Now, the job is being finished and the end is in sight.
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The Eclipse that made Einstein Famous
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Sir Arthur Eddington's observations of an eclipse in 1919 catapulted Einstein to fame
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This mysterious substance is accelerating the expansion of our Universe
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Naked mole rats and ant colonies have more in common than you think
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They both demonstrate something called 'swarm intelligence'
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Meet Grete Hermann, the philosopher of quantum physics
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She changed how we thought about truth not only in science, but in politics and ethics, too

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