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Physicists caught protons 'surfing' on shock waves Aug 26 2021 6:00 AM A laser experiment could help scientists understand how protons reach high energies traveling through the cosmos. READ MORE   This big-headed pterosaur may have preferred walking over flying Aug 25 2021 2:00 PM The most intact fossil of a tapejarid pterosaur ever found yields new insight into how the ancient reptile lived. READ MORE   Ancient DNA shows the peopling of Southeast Asian islands was surprisingly complex Aug 25 2021 11:00 AM Ancient DNA from a hunter-gatherer skeleton points to earlier-than-expected human arrivals on Southeast Asian islands known as Wallacea. READ MORE   Racism lurks in names given to plants and animals. That's starting to change Aug 25 2021 6:00 AM Racist legacies linger in everyday lingo for birds, bugs and more. Some scientists see the chance to change that. READ MORE   Frog and toad pupils mainly come in seven different shapes Aug 24 2021 10:00 AM Analyzing over 3,200 species revealed that the colorful eyes of frogs and toads have pupils shaped as slits, diamonds, fans and more. READ MORE   'Flashes of Creation' recounts the Big Bang theory's origin story Aug 24 2021 8:00 AM In 'Flashes of Creation,' author Paul Halpern tells the story of George Gamow , Fred Hoyle and their decades-long sparring match about the Big Bang. READ MORE   More Recent Headlines The definition of planet is still a sore point – especially among Pluto fans Aug 24 2021 6:00 AM In the 15 years since Pluto lost its planet status, scientists have continued to use the definition that works for them. READ MORE   Climate change made Europe's flash floods in July more likely Aug 23 2021 6:01 PM The deadly July floods in Belgium and Germany bear the fingerprints of human-caused climate change, scientists say. READ MORE   A giant tortoise was caught stalking, killing and eating a baby bird Aug 23 2021 11:00 AM Video captures the first documented instance of a tortoise hunting another animal. READ MORE   Here's how cool a star can be and still achieve lasting success Aug 23 2021 8:00 AM The dividing line between successful stars and failed ones is a surface temperature of about 1,200° to 1,400° Celsius, a new study reports. READ MORE   Everyone maps numbers in space. But why don't we all use the same directions? Aug 23 2021 6:00 AM The debate over whether number lines are innate or learned obscures a more fundamental question: Why do we map numbers to space in the first place? READ MORE   50 years ago, physicists thought they found the W boson. They hadn't Aug 20 2021 10:00 AM Fifty years after a false-alarm discovery, physicists have caught the W boson and are using it to unravel mysteries of particle physics. READ MORE   How fossilization preserved a 310-million-year-old horseshoe crab's brain Aug 20 2021 8:00 AM A 310-million-year-old horseshoe crab's brain was preserved in clay, thanks to an uncommon fossilization process that protected the fragile neural tissues. READ MORE   'Ghost games' spotlight the psychological effect fans have on referees Aug 20 2021 6:00 AM Soccer teams won fewer games and received more fouls when playing at home during the 2019–2020 season, when many fans were absent, than before the pandemic. READ MORE   These baby greater sac-winged bats babble to learn their mating songs Aug 19 2021 2:00 PM Greater sac-winged bat pups babble their way through learning their rich vocal repertoire, similar to how human infants babble before speaking. READ MORE   How coronavirus vaccines still help people who already had COVID-19 Aug 19 2021 9:34 AM Coronavirus vaccines give the immune system of previously infected people a boost, probably giving those people better protection against new variants. READ MORE

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