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A Brain Chemical Helps Neurons Know When to Start a Movement

Green Light

A Brain Chemical Helps Neurons Know When to Start a Movement

Allison Whitten

A New Gas-Guzzling Postal Fleet Could Be Halted by Lawsuits

Road Block

A New Gas-Guzzling Postal Fleet Could Be Halted by Lawsuits

Abigail Weinberg

Burning Crops to Capture Carbon? Good Luck Finding Water

Hot Topic

Burning Crops to Capture Carbon? Good Luck Finding Water

Matt Simon

A Vast Underground Water System Helps Drive Antarctica’s Glaciers

Water World

A Vast Underground Water System Helps Drive Antarctica’s Glaciers

Gregory Barber

Mars Colonies Will Need Solar Power—and Nuclear Too

sunny side

Mars Colonies Will Need Solar Power—and Nuclear Too

Ramin Skibba

You Don't Have to Quit Meat to Save the Planet—Just Eat Less

Don't Have A Cow

You Don't Have to Quit Meat to Save the Planet—Just Eat Less

Matt Reynolds

Could Anyone Do Luke’s Plank Flip From Return of the Jedi?

Dot Physics

Could Anyone Do Luke’s Plank Flip From Return of the Jedi?

Rhett Allain

The Pandemic Gave Scientists a New Way to Spy on Emissions

Climate Change

The Pandemic Gave Scientists a New Way to Spy on Emissions

Matt Simon

Everyone Wants to Build Green Energy Projects. What's the Holdup?

Power Drain

Everyone Wants to Build Green Energy Projects. What's the Holdup?

Eric Niiler

Give Fitbits (of Sorts) to the Trees

A-Sway We Go

Give Fitbits (of Sorts) to the Trees

Matt Simon

An Antimatter Experiment Shows Surprises Near Absolute Zero

Ice Ice Maybe

An Antimatter Experiment Shows Surprises Near Absolute Zero

Charlie Wood

The Queen Conch’s Gambit

Shell Company

The Queen Conch’s Gambit

Cynthia Barnett

Australia Moves Ahead Cautiously With '3-Parent IVF'

Public Health

Australia Moves Ahead Cautiously With '3-Parent IVF'

Emily Mullin

It’s Not Too Late to Stop Mass Extinction in the Ocean

Deep Trouble

It’s Not Too Late to Stop Mass Extinction in the Ocean

Matt Reynolds

Hepatitis Cases in Kids Have Scientists Hunting for Answers

Public Health

Hepatitis Cases in Kids Have Scientists Hunting for Answers

Grace Browne

When the Next Covid Wave Breaks, the US Won’t Be Able to Spot It

Public Health

When the Next Covid Wave Breaks, the US Won’t Be Able to Spot It

Maryn McKenna

This Blood Test Detects Cancer in Dogs. But Do You Want to Know?

New Tricks

This Blood Test Detects Cancer in Dogs. But Do You Want to Know?

Max G. Levy

NASA's Psyche Spacecraft Heads to Cape Canaveral

Very Metal

NASA's Psyche Spacecraft Heads to Cape Canaveral

Ramin Skibba

Extreme Heat Is a Disease for Cities. Treat It That Way

Climate Change

Extreme Heat Is a Disease for Cities. Treat It That Way

Matt Simon

Mitochondria Double as Tiny Lenses in the Eye

Guiding Light

Mitochondria Double as Tiny Lenses in the Eye

Yasemin Saplakoglu