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Growing quickly helped the earliest dinosaurs and other ancient reptiles...
_Eoraptor lunensis_ lived roughly 230 million years ago, at a time when dinosaurs were small and rare. Jordan Harris courtesy of Kristi Curry Rogers, CC BY-SAIt may be hard to imagine, but once upon a...
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What is metabolism? A biochemist explains how different people convert energy...
Elite athletes show researchers the upper limits of a healthy metabolism.Solskin/DigitalVision via Getty ImagesIf you’ve spent any time scrolling through the health and wellness corners of social...
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Online child safety laws could help or hurt – 2 pediatricians explain what’s...
Kids need to be protected online. The trick is figuring out how.Justin Lambert Creative/DigitalVision via Getty ImagesSociety has a complicated relationship with adolescents. We want to protect them as...
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During the 2024 eclipse, biologists like us want to find out how birds will...
Birds use light as a cue, so what happens when it gets dark during the day?AP Photo/Hassan AmmarThe total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, coincides with an exciting time for wild birds. Local birds are...
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Brain scans of Philly jazz musicians reveal secrets to reaching creative flow
Creative flow involves relaxing one’s focus or conscious control, new study finds.Sean Gladwell/Moment Collection via Getty ImagesFlow, or being “in the zone,” is a state of amped-up creativity,...
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Why batteries come in so many sizes and shapes
Maybe you have a drawer in your house that looks like this?Peter Fiskerstrand/Wikimedia, CC BY-SAIf you’ve looked in your utility drawer lately, you may have noticed the various shapes, sizes and types...
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Could a telescope ever see the beginning of time? An astronomer explains
Thousands of galaxies, each containing billions of stars, are in this 2022 photo taken by the James Webb Space Telescope.NASA/ESA/CSA/STScICurious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have...
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Dali hit Key Bridge with the force of 66 heavy trucks at highway speed
The Baltimore bridge didn't stand a chance.AP Photo/Julia NikhinsonCC BY-NDThe cargo ship Dali knocked down three main truss spans, constructed with connected steel elements forming triangles, on the...
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US media coverage of new science less likely to mention researchers with...
Once their research comes out, who will be quoted in the news coverage?gorodenkoff/iStock via Getty Images PlusWhen one Chinese national recently petitioned the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration...
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Tiny crystals capture millions of years of mountain range history – a...
This image of a single crystal shows 30 million years of geological history of the Himalayas by tracing its thorium concentration and age.Matthew J. Kohn, CC BY-NC-NDThe Himalayas stand as Earth’s...
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Fossilized dinosaur eggshells can preserve amino acids, the building blocks...
A dinosaur eggshell cross section, as imaged under fluorescence microscopy. Evan SaittaAs a scientist, lab work can sometimes get monotonous. But in 2017, while a Ph.D. student of paleobiology at the...
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Using research to solve societal problems starts with building connections...
One or two or 10 studies won't solve our most complex societal challenges. Big problems require collaborations beyond academia. Orbon Alija/E+ via Getty ImagesOften, when scientists do research around...
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Infections after surgery are more likely due to bacteria already on your skin...
Genetic analysis of the bacteria causing surgical site infections revealed that many were already present on the patient's skin.Ruben Bonilla Gonzalo/Moment via Getty ImagesHealth care providers and...
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Newly discovered genetic variant that causes Parkinson’s disease clarifies...
Multiple gene variants are linked to Parkinson's disease, but which ones are the most relevant?dra_schwartz/E+ via Getty ImagesParkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative movement disorder that...
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Personalized cancer treatments based on testing drugs quickly leads to faster...
Identifying the most effective cancer treatment for a given patient from the get-go can help improve outcomes.Leslie Lauren/iStock via Getty Images PlusDespite many efforts to find better, more...
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A young Black scientist discovered a pivotal leprosy treatment in the 1920s −...
The island of Molokai, where the Ball Method successfully treated leprosy sufferers.Albert Pierce TaylorHansen’s disease, also called leprosy, is treatable today – and that’s partly thanks to a curious...
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The hidden risk of letting AI decide – losing the skills to choose for ourselves
As artificial intelligence creeps further into people’s daily lives, so do worries about it. At the most alarmist are concerns about AI going rogue and terminating its human masters.But behind the...
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From thousands to millions to billions to trillions to quadrillions and...
The number zero was a relatively recent and crucial addition − it allows numbers to extend in both directions forever.pixel_dreams/iStock via Getty Images PlusCurious Kids is a series for children of...
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Human brains and fruit fly brains are built similarly – visualizing how helps...
Stepping through the brain reveals essential information about its structure and function.Scaplen et al. 2021/eLife, CC BYThe human brain contains approximately 87 billion neurons. On average, each of...
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Exploding stars send out powerful bursts of energy − I’m leading a citizen...
Gamma-ray bursts, as shown in this illustration, come from powerful astronomical events. NASA, ESA and M. KornmesserWhen faraway stars explode, they send out flashes of energy called gamma-ray bursts...
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