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Octopus with diver's hand underwater (Getty Images/Martin Steinthaler)

Plumbing the depths of animal minds

Carlyn Zwarenstein
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft launched atop its Titan/Centaur-6 launch vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex in Florida on September 5, 1977. (NASA)

Behind Voyager 1's near-death experience

Matthew Rozsa
Lab Mouse (Getty Images/JacobStudio)

Nanorobots kill cancer cells in mice

Matthew Rozsa
Senate wing of the United States Capitol building (Getty Images/OGphoto)

Federal science funding at record lows

Chris Impey - The Conversation
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Doctor taking patient blood pressure in hospital examination room. (Getty Images/Kobus Louw)

Unbalanced microbiome may cause diabetes

Matthew Rozsa
Family with dogs (Getty Images/boytsov)

Is Fido actually good for you?

Michael Schulson - Undark
Police car speeding through traffic at night time (Getty Images/TheaDesign)

When police shootings don’t kill

Rod McCullom - Undark
In late 2019, the galaxy SDSS1335+0728 suddenly started shining brighter than ever before and was classified as having an active galactic nucleus, powered by a massive black hole in the galaxy’s core. (ESO/M. Kornmesser)

Scientists witness a black hole awaken

Matthew Rozsa
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Plate from 'The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle', published in London, 1839-1843, and edited by the British originator of evolutionary theory Charles Darwin (1809-1882). (SSPL/Getty Images)

The enduring mystery of Darwin’s warrah

Nikolas Kozloff
Big Bang, conceptual image (Getty Images/ALFRED PASIEKA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

Did alien life form after the Big Bang?

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 during NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test on June 05, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Boeing Starliner averts disaster

Rae Hodge
Two male lions meet and start to walk shoulder to shoulder with the same step. (Getty Images/Massimo Mei)

Celebrate wildlife of our "Queer Planet"

Matthew Rozsa
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BOSTON, MA - APRIL 17: Governor of Massachusetts Maura Healey is interviewed by the media during the 127th Boston Marathon on April 17, 2023 on Boylston Street in Boston, MA. ((Photo by Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images))

Science and religion find middle ground

Rae Hodge
A juvenile male Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii, hangs from a tree branch in Gunung Palung National Park. (Getty Images/seng chye teo)

Scientists decode orangutan language

Matthew Rozsa
A chimpanzee (pan troglodytes) uses tools to get fruit from a box (Getty Images/Vincent_St_Thomas)

Chimps continue to learn about tools

Matthew Rozsa
Little sad girl pensive looking through the rainy window. (Getty Images/Train_Arrival)

Motherless daughters: Many, and yet one

Rae Hodge
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Give fireflies the space to thrive

Rae Hodge
Halle Berry speaks onstage during the Lionsgate Exclusive Presentation of its Upcoming Slate during CinemaCon, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, at Caesars Palace on April 10, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Jerod Harris/Getty Images for CinemaCon)

Halle Berry: "I'm in menopause, OK?"

Rae Hodge
Damaged Books (Getty Images/crPrin)

Going gluten-free could fight bookworms

Rae Hodge
Science Teacher Shows Chemical Reaction Experiment To Children (Getty Images/gorodenkoff)

Can we bridge the science-trust gap?

Rae Hodge
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Neosporin is displayed on a store shelf. (Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

Can nasal Neosporin prevent COVID-19?

Nicole Karlis
The Medical University of South Carolina is conducting a genetics research project to study how DNA affects health conditions, such as heart disease and cancer. Lee Moultrie, a member of the community advisory board for the project, regularly wears a bright-blue pullover with the words "In Our DNA SC" embroidered on the front to encourage people to enroll in the study. (Gavin McIntyre/KFF News)

Genetics studies have diversity problem

Lauren Sausser - KFF Health News
A CalFire (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection) firefighter seen silhouetted against the raging flames. CalFire firefighters take on the Rabbit Fire that is currently taking over Moreno Valley, California on July 14, 2023. (Jon Putman/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

On the front lines of American wildfires

Connor Goodwin - ProPublica
Banded mongoose group approaching with curiosity (Mungos mungo) (Getty Images/Anup Shah)

Mongoose warfare: Rikki Tikki's revenge

Rae Hodge
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