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See some of the most intriguing photos from NASA's Perseverance rover so far Aug 19 2021 6:00 AM Six months ago, Perseverance landed on the Red Planet. Here's what the rover has been observing. READ MORE   With a powerful laser blast, scientists near a nuclear fusion milestone Aug 18 2021 2:06 PM A National Ignition Facility experiment spawned nuclear fusion reactions that released nearly as much energy as was used to ignite them. READ MORE   Haiti's citizen seismologists helped track its devastating quake in real time Aug 18 2021 12:25 PM Two scientists explain how citizen scientists and their work could help provide a better understanding of Haiti's seismic hazards. READ MORE   How extreme heat from climate change distorts human behavior Aug 18 2021 9:00 AM As temperatures rise, violence and aggression go up while focus and productivity decline. The well off can escape to cool spaces; the poor cannot. READ MORE   A well-known wildflower turns out to be a secret carnivore Aug 18 2021 6:00 AM A species of false asphodel wildflower snags prey with gluey, enzyme-secreting hairs, leaving a trail of insect corpses on its flowering stem. READ MORE   New studies hint that the coronavirus may be evolving to become more airborne Aug 17 2021 3:48 PM More coronavirus RNA is in fine aerosols than in larger droplets, but masks can reduce the amount of virus in the air. READ MORE   More Recent Headlines 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

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