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Two so-called sun stones, which are small flat shale pieces with finely incised patterns and sun motifs. They are known only from the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. (National Museum of Denmark)

"Sun stones" to ward off deadly volcano

Matthew Rozsa
Donald Trump over a satellite photo of Hurricane Milton (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump's "energy emergency" isn't real

Matthew Rozsa
Four male chimpanzees at the Kumamoto Sanctuary (Courtesy of the Kumamoto Sanctuary)

Urine good company, chimp study finds

Matthew Rozsa
DNA mirrored (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How mirror life poses existential risks

Carlyn Zwarenstein
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The Universe Observing Itself (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How reality is shaped by our observation

Elizabeth Hlavinka
In this photo taken on April 25, 2024 a farmer shows a dried up corn at a drought-stricken farm in San Antonio, Nueva Ecija. (JAM STA ROSA/AFP via Getty Images)

Climate change already changing our diet

Matthew Rozsa
A home burns during the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades, California, on January 8, 2025. (AGUSTIN PAULLIER/AFP via Getty Images)

Wildfire "season" is no longer a thing

Nicole Karlis
Alzheimers and dementia research, a brain scan in multi well tray used for research experiments in laboratory (Getty Images/Andrew Brookes)

Alzheimer’s may not be from amyloids

Joshua Cohen - Undark
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A home is engulfed in flames during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles County, California on January 8, 2025. (JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

The lingering toxicity of wildfires

Matthew Rozsa
A house smolders in the aftermath of the Marshall fire in Rock Creek above the Interlocken golf course December 31, 2021. (Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Wildfire smoke’s health risks can linger

Colleen E. Reid - The Conversation
ITHACA, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 10: HDC receiving staff prep arriving milk samples for testing at the Animal Health Diagnostic Center at Cornell University on December 10, 2024 in Ithaca, New York. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

First U.S. death from bird flu reported

Troy Farah
Digital nose (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Is Smell-O-Vision finally here?

Carlyn Zwarenstein
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Geyser on Jupiter's moon Europa (Getty Images/MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

Why icy alien oceans could harbor life

Matthew Rozsa
Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump causes scientists to flee the US

Matthew Rozsa
The common noctule bat (Nyctalus noctula) (Getty Images/Zdenek Macat)

Bats “surf” on storms, study finds

Matthew Rozsa
Hands holding microplastics on the beach (Getty Images/doble-d)

Microplastics linked to organ lesions

Matthew Rozsa
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Milk samples are seen as HDC receiving staff prep them for testing at the Animal Health Diagnostic Center at Cornell University on December 10, 2024 in Ithaca, New York. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Those "concerning" bird flu mutations

Nicole Karlis
Giant panda bear eating bamboo (owngarden / Getty Images)

Plants less nutrious from climate change

Ellen Welti - The Conversation
Doctor pointing to brain scan images (Getty Images/Tom Werner)

Humans think slower than expected

Matthew Rozsa
Students taking written examination (Getty Images/Commercial Eye)

Are IQ tests overrated?

Matthew Rozsa
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Diver swims with a whale (Getty Images/Orla)

Whale lifespans are longer than thought

Greg Breed, Peter Corkeron - The Conversation
Artist’s concept of the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft approaching the sun. (NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben)

NASA probe touches Sun’s atmosphere

Matthew Rozsa
Apple smartwatches kept at display at the new Apple Inc. store in New Delhi, India on April 20, 2023. (Kabir Jhangiani/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Forever chemicals in smart watch bands

Matthew Rozsa
A vehicule is stranded on a water-flooded street after Hurricane Milton made landfall in Brandon, Florida on October 9, 2024. (MIGUEL J. RODRIGUEZ CARRILLO/AFP via Getty Images)

Climate change wreaked havoc in 2024

Matthew Rozsa
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