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Light-colored feathers may help migrating birds stay cool on long flights

Dec 06 2021 11:00 AM

Analysis of over 20,000 illustrations of birds reveals that migrating birds generally tend to have lighter-colored feathers than birds that stay put.

Invasive grasses are taking over the American West's sea of sagebrush

Dec 06 2021 9:30 AM

Cheatgrass and other invasive plants are expanding rapidly in the western United States, putting more places at risk for wildfires.

Climate change could make Virginia's Tangier Island uninhabitable by 2051

Dec 06 2021 7:00 AM

Tangier Island could be lost to rising seas sooner than previously realized. Whether to save the island or move its residents remains undecided.

Tiny living machines called xenobots can create copies of themselves

Dec 03 2021 11:26 AM

When clusters of frog cells known as xenobots form a Pac-Man shape, they are especially efficient at replicating in a new way, researchers say.

Can psychedelics meet their potential for treating mental health disorders?

Dec 03 2021 7:00 AM

Psychedelics hold lots of promise as treatments for mental health disorders like PTSD and depression. But the drugs still face hurdles.

Merck's COVID-19 pill may soon be here. How well will it work?

Dec 02 2021 3:45 PM

Once hailed as a potential game changer, more complete data now reveal drawbacks of Merck's antiviral COVID-19 pill, molnupiravir.

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The Southern Ocean is still swallowing large amounts of humans' carbon dioxide emissions

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This tiny, sizzling exoplanet could be made of molten iron

Dec 02 2021 2:00 PM

A newly discovered exoplanet that whips around its star in less than eight hours is smaller than Earth, as dense as iron and hot enough to melt.

50 years ago, a 6-year-old boy became the first known rabies survivor

Dec 02 2021 7:00 AM

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What we know and don��t know about the omicron coronavirus variant

Dec 01 2021 3:41 PM

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This dinosaur had a weapon shaped like an Aztec war club on its tail

Dec 01 2021 11:00 AM

The flat and spiky tail club of a newly discovered ankylosaur was unique, even for this often weirdly armored group of dinosaurs.

Ancient footprints suggest a mysterious hominid lived alongside Lucy's kind

Dec 01 2021 11:00 AM

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Ancient giant orangutans evolved smaller bodies surprisingly slowly

Dec 01 2021 7:00 AM

Fossil teeth from Chinese caves indicate that a single, ancient orangutan species gradually trimmed down over nearly 2 million years.

Here's the chemistry behind marijuana's skunky scent

Nov 30 2021 8:00 AM

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Fungi may be crucial to storing carbon in soil as the Earth warms

Nov 30 2021 6:00 AM

Fungi help soil-making bacteria churn out carbon compounds that are resilient to heat, keeping those compounds in the ground, a study suggests.

A new book shows how animals are already coping with climate change

Nov 29 2021 12:15 PM

'Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid' takes a clear-eyed look at future of animal life.

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