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Djungarian Hamsters Are Unusually Involved Fathers

Fri, 06/13/2025 - 6:00am

This Father’s Day, we’re celebrating the unusually involved Djungarian hamster dads

Categories: Astronomy

Trump EPA Announces Climate Regulation Rollback but Faces Legal Hurdles

Thu, 06/12/2025 - 3:00pm

The EPA has contradicted itself—and legal precedent—in its bid to undo Biden-era limits on power-plant climate pollution

Categories: Astronomy

Brain Implant Lets Man with ALS Speak and Sing with His ‘Real Voice’

Thu, 06/12/2025 - 8:00am

A new brain-computer interface turns thoughts into singing and expressive speech in real time

Categories: Astronomy

Blockbuster New Vera C. Rubin Observatory Will Change Astronomy Forever

Thu, 06/12/2025 - 7:00am

The game-changing Vera C. Rubin Observatory will collect more astronomical data in its first year than all other telescopes combined

Categories: Astronomy

Injured Skin Cells Fire like Neurons to ‘Scream’ for Help

Thu, 06/12/2025 - 6:45am

Our skin’s epithelial cells send electrical signals like neurons to cry out for help

Categories: Astronomy

Planned NIH Cuts Threaten Americans’ Health, Senators Charge in Tense Hearing

Wed, 06/11/2025 - 5:00pm

Senators grilled NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya the day after more than 300 NIH staff members sent him a fiery letter protesting the cancellation of thousands of research projects

Categories: Astronomy

FEMA Overhaul Will Come after Hurricane Season, Trump Says

Wed, 06/11/2025 - 4:30pm

States will continue to get FEMA federal disaster aid this year but may see less assistance after changes made in 2026

Categories: Astronomy

Animals Expend 76,000 Gigajoules of Energy Sculpting Our Planet Every Year

Wed, 06/11/2025 - 4:15pm

This tally of animals’ effect on Earth’s geology, equivalent to that of thousands of extreme floods, most likely is an underestimate

Categories: Astronomy

New Map Shows How Gun Deaths of Children Have Increased in States with Loose Firearm Laws

Wed, 06/11/2025 - 12:30pm

Gun violence is the leading cause of death of children in the U.S.—and states with loose gun control laws bear the heaviest burden, a new study found

Categories: Astronomy

Solar Orbiter Captures the First-Ever Images of the Sun’s South Pole

Wed, 06/11/2025 - 10:00am

Solar Orbiter isn’t the first spacecraft to study the sun’s poles—but it’s the first to send back photographs

Categories: Astronomy

Why Some Animals Live for Days and Others Live for Decades

Wed, 06/11/2025 - 6:00am

Could the spectrum of animal lifespans hold clues about the science of aging?

Categories: Astronomy

How RFK, Jr.’s Dismissal of CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Will Affect U.S. Vaccine Access

Tue, 06/10/2025 - 4:50pm

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., abruptly removes all 17 sitting members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). An epidemiologist explains how this will affect people’s health and vaccine access

Categories: Astronomy

White House Launches Another Assault on Science Funding, Targeting NSF, EPA

Tue, 06/10/2025 - 3:30pm

The Trump administration is targeting still more federal science funding, this time more than $30 billion at the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation and other agencies

Categories: Astronomy

Gorilla Gourmets Are Actually Truffle Hunting

Tue, 06/10/2025 - 1:15pm

Researchers followed gorillas for years to uncover truffle-hunting behavior—and it may be socially transmitted

Categories: Astronomy

Can You Still Get a COVID Vaccine This Fall? Here’s What to Know

Tue, 06/10/2025 - 11:15am

In recent years COVID shots joined flu shots as an annual offering at most neighborhood pharmacies. But the current administration has thrown that into uncertainty

Categories: Astronomy

When Letting Your Mind Wander Helps You Learn

Tue, 06/10/2025 - 10:32am

Zoning out reveals hidden patterns in tasks

Categories: Astronomy