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| Sunbirds' dazzling feathers are hot, in both senses of the word Aug 17 2021 9:00 AM Iridescent feathers reflect vivid colors. But they also become scorching hot in the sunlight, a study finds. READ MORE  |
| Vera Rubin's work on dark matter led to a paradigm shift in cosmology Aug 17 2021 6:00 AM 'Bright Galaxies, Dark Matter, and Beyond' tells the story of how astronomer Vera Rubin provided key evidence for the existence of dark matter. READ MORE |
| A 1,000-year-old grave may have held a powerful nonbinary person Aug 16 2021 8:00 AM A medieval grave in Finland, once thought to maybe hold a respected woman warrior, may belong to someone who didn't have a strictly male or female identity. READ MORE |
| Jupiter's intense auroras superheat its upper atmosphere Aug 16 2021 6:00 AM Jupiter's hotter-than-expected upper atmosphere may be caused by high-speed charged particles slamming into the air high above the poles. READ MORE |
| Probiotics help lab corals survive deadly heat stress Aug 13 2021 2:00 PM In a lab experiment, probiotics prevented the death of corals under heat stress, suggesting beneficial microbes could help save ailing reefs. READ MORE |
| How different COVID-19 testing plans can help keep kids safe in school Aug 13 2021 6:00 AM As children head back to school in the United States, here's a look at various testing strategies that could keep kids safe during in-person learning. READ MORE |
| Measuring a black hole's mass isn't easy. A new technique could change that Aug 12 2021 2:00 PM The timing of flickers in the gas and dust in a black hole's accretion disk correlates to its mass, a new study finds. READ MORE |
| How the strange idea of 'statistical significance' was born Aug 12 2021 12:00 PM A mathematical ritual known as null hypothesis significance testing has led researchers astray since the 1950s. READ MORE |
| An Indigenous people in the Philippines have the most Denisovan DNA Aug 12 2021 11:00 AM Genetic comparisons crown the Indigenous Ayta Magbukon people as having the most DNA, 5 percent, from the mysterious ancient hominids. READ MORE |
| Scientists have a new word for birds stealing animal hair Aug 12 2021 8:00 AM Dozens of YouTube videos show birds stealing hair from dogs, cats, humans, raccoons and even a porcupine — a behavior rarely documented by scientists. READ MORE |
