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Supportive care is often started late in an illness, but that may not be the best way

Rats as you’ve never seen them; the journey of restoring a garden; stories from a “post-Impact” future

Walking barefoot on hot stones; what makes bluebirds blue

With few states tracking who is being homeschooled and what they are learning, an untold number of U.S. children are at risk of a poor education or even abuse

Explore the new science of weird chemistry, anthropogenic evolution and near-death experiences

Forestry is deadly. Could automating some logging tasks help?

Scientists are putting together a catalog of communications from belugas’ forehead “melon”

Scientists think they’ve cracked the long-standing mystery of attraction among particles with a similar charge

We face a moment of opportunity—and competition—in bringing digital twin technology to patients

An active hurricane season could be in store because of ocean temperatures in the North Atlantic that broke records for more than a year

Certain adults may need to get an additional dose of the measles vaccine. Here’s how to know if you have adequate immunity to measles

The lack of a safety net in the U.S. is a big factor that explains why Americans feel lonelier than Danes or Swedes

Developmental milestones help us understand when a child needs help, but meeting them early doesn’t necessarily predict long-term success

Costs are skyrocketing to modernize the U.S. nuclear arsenal. Instead of turning a blind eye, Congress should demand fiscal oversight and make hard decisions balancing costs with deterrence

Deepfake images, a delayed spaceflight, the troubles with space junk and a blast from our past for your Monday review of science news.

New CDC guidance encourages clinicians to start conversations with patients about dangerous heat

Both climate-driven disasters and the clean energy transition pose risks for the world’s largest financial institutions

Therapy chatbots are increasingly popular and may benefit some people, but it's dangerous to trust AI during a mental health crisis

Experts explain how certain worms can infect the brain and why they are an important global public health problem

A giant sunspot cluster rivaling the one that caused the Carrington Event in 1859 could trigger a cannibal coronal mass ejection. But this is unlikely to cause major problems