Science Headlines

Colossal Biosciences breeds controversy while trying to revive mammoths
Wed Mar 04 1:53 pm
A Texas biotech company is trying to bring mammoths and other extinct creatures back to life. The science is as intriguing as the ethical questions are thorny.
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Humans' pull toward alcohol may have ancient origins (according to chimp pee)
Tue Mar 03 6:06 pm
Scientists learned that wild African chimpanzees consume alcohol by eating fermented fruit, suggesting that human attraction to alcohol may have ancient evolutionary origins.
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President Trump aimed to cut science funding. Congress has quietly restored much of it
Tue Mar 03 5:14 pm
Despite President Trump's efforts to deeply cut science funding from the federal budget in 2026, Congress quietly restored much of the funding to previous levels in recent weeks.
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Scientists make a pocket-sized AI brain with help from monkey neurons
Tue Mar 03 6:00 am
A new study suggests AI systems could be a lot more efficient. Researchers were able to shrink an AI vision model to 1/1000th of its original size.
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If you change the colors of a concert hall, you may change how patrons hear music
Mon Mar 02 5:03 pm
Does the color of a concert venue change how we hear music? German researchers have an answer.
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Peer pressure can make this clownfish change its stripes
Mon Mar 02 6:00 am
Tomato clownfish, in response to an unpredictable world, appear capable of adjusting when they lose their stripes based on cues from other fish and their habitat, a new study in PLOS Biology finds.


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Satellite images provide view inside Iran at war
Sun Mar 01 7:05 pm
Satellite images from commercial companies show the extent of U.S. and Israeli strikes, and how Iran is responding.
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NASA lost a lunar spacecraft one day after launch. A new report shows what went wrong
Sat Feb 28 7:56 am
Why did a $72 million mission to study water on the moon fail so soon after launch? A new NASA report has the answer.
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Unlocking the secrets of an ancient plague
Sat Feb 28 7:32 am
The first historically recorded pandemic is believed to have struck the walled city of Jirash, in what is now modern-day Jordan, in the 7th century. A new study reveals details about those who died.
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NASA redirects Artemis moon mission program, postponing a planned astronaut landing
Fri Feb 27 3:43 pm
In shaking up its Artemis lunar program, NASA's new moon plan looks more like the Apollo missions of the 1960s. Instead of landing on the surface on Artemis III, NASA hopes to do so on Artemis IV.
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