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Person with long dark hair in a maternity dress in front of a window looking sad because of a miscarriage
Health

Miscarriages could become more dangerous in a post-Roe world

By Kate Baggaley

A great white shark and megalodon co-existed nearly 4 million years ago.
Animals

How great white sharks probably hastened the demise of megalodon

By Kate Baggaley

silhouette of two long-necked dinosaurs as the sun sets in a desert-like environment
Dinosaurs

Were dinosaurs warm-blooded or cold-blooded? Maybe both.

By Kate Baggaley

a small brown salamander on a log
Animals

Skydiving salamanders have mastered falling with style

By Kate Baggaley

three dolphins near the sea floor rub themselves against coral
Animals

Bottlenose dolphins glow-up with coral body scrubs

By Kate Baggaley

Paleontologist with a laser scanner over plant imprints and other fossils in a seabed in British Columbia, Canada
Animals

These weird marine critters paved the way for the ‘Cambrian explosion’ of species

By Kate Baggaley

a huge mushroom cloud from a volcanic explosion seen from space
Science

Tonga’s historic volcanic eruption could help predict when tsunamis strike land

By Kate Baggaley

a close up of a person pulling a cigarette out of a pack
Health

The FDA is prepping its biggest cigarette crackdown since the ’60s

By Kate Baggaley

a colorful full coral reef
Climate Change

These Hawaiian corals could hold the secret to surviving warming waters

By Kate Baggaley

an asian woman on a run outside
Fitness & Exercise

Humans naturally fall into energy-efficient speeds when they run

By Kate Baggaley

a close up of the jaw of bloodworm, which is a pinky red worm with four black fangs or "jaws" on its end.
Animals

The copper jaws of venomous bloodworms could be a win for sustainable manufacturing

By Kate Baggaley

The CDC needs the public’s help to reverse the upward trend in STIs
Diseases

The CDC needs the public’s help to reverse the upward trend in STIs

By Kate Baggaley

a brussels griffon dog eats a cupcake
Animals

Cannabis poisoning is on the rise in pets

By Kate Baggaley

a white and blue medicine box that reads paxlovid by pfizer
COVID-19

What to consider when taking Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill Paxlovid

By Kate Baggaley

a national guard soldier carries a woman on his back through flooded streets during a hurricane
Climate Change

Here’s how much climate change intensified 2020’s hyperactive hurricane season

By Kate Baggaley

a beautiful mountain range
Climate Change

Hardy new forests could keep the Austrian Alps from crumbling into landslides

By Kate Baggaley

Eight brightly colored birds from a museum specimens collection laid out on their backs on white
Animals

Songbirds near the equator really are hotter, color-wise

By Kate Baggaley

a woman wearing a mask finished receiving a shot and is getting a bandaid on her arm
COVID-19

Everything you should know about getting a second COVID booster

By Kate Baggaley

a gray rocky surface of a planet with blue highlighted regions showing potential past volcanic activity
Pluto

Pluto’s icy volcanoes may have once belched ‘antifreeze lava’

By Kate Baggaley

a close up profile of a vampire bat
Animals

How vampire bats evolved to get the most out of their bloody diets

By Kate Baggaley

Spinosaurus bones hint that the spiny dinosaurs enjoyed water sports
Dinosaurs

Spinosaurus bones hint that the spiny dinosaurs enjoyed water sports

By Kate Baggaley

a patient receives a covid shot
COVID-19

mRNA COVID vaccines pose no serious risks for immunocompromised people

By Kate Baggaley

a little asian girl sneezes into a tissue with greenery in the background
Climate Change

Climate change is pumping more pollen into allergy season

By Kate Baggaley

A galloping horse.
Animals

Ancient sea creatures pioneered the gallop

By Kate Baggaley

a dark brown frog with a longer cone shaped nose and large round eyes
Animals

Behold, the tapir frog’s magnificent snout

By Kate Baggaley

a dinosaur footprint in rock
Dinosaurs

It was probably springtime when an asteroid did the dinosaurs in

By Kate Baggaley

US vaccine card with Johnson & Johnson dose written in
COVID-19

Will the world run out of COVID vaccines?

By Kate Baggaley

a bald eagle perched on a branch
Animals

Eagles face another major threat in the US: lead poisoning

By Kate Baggaley

two red cells attack a white cell, the cells have been pseudo-colored
Cancer

A ‘living’ cancer drug helped two patients stay disease-free for a decade

By Kate Baggaley

large sauropod dinosaurs illustrated in a swampy lake
Dinosaurs

Even dinosaurs couldn’t escape the sniffles

By Kate Baggaley

a small crab raises its large claw in the air
Animals

These crustaceans take cheap shots at rivals by growing enormous claws

By Kate Baggaley

a violent wave crashes over a row of homes
Climate Change

The future of hurricanes is full of floods—a lot of them

By Kate Baggaley

a gray wolf looks over its shoulder in the snow
Animals

Snowy weather could determine life or death for Wisconsin’s poached gray wolves

By Kate Baggaley

a white and blue box of paxlovid covid pills, with the pfizer logo
COVID-19

COVID antiviral pills work against Omicron—when people can get them

By Kate Baggaley

a brown bat in flight
Animals

The secret to these bats’ hunting prowess is deep within their ears

By Kate Baggaley

a person is pricking their finger for blood to test on a white strip with a dropper
Diseases

Insurance coverage for at-home tests could help stop the rise in STIs

By Kate Baggaley

a humpback whale breaching the surface of the water with its mouth open
Animals

Baleen whales have an ‘oral plug’ to help them guzzle down food without choking

By Kate Baggaley

a doctor in a face mask, gloves, and hair net draws a vaccine with a syringe out of a vial
COVID-19

Why healthy, vaccinated people should still care about Omicron

By Kate Baggaley

Paleontological researchers on a volcanic mound in Ethiopia's Kibish Formation, where some of the oldest Homo sapiens have been discovered
Biology

Eastern Africa’s oldest human fossils are more ancient than we realized

By Kate Baggaley

sawsharks
Animals

Scientists discovered new shark species with chainsaw-like noses

By Kate Baggaley

a reddish orange sharp peaked mountain formed from volcanic activity. the surrounding landscape is filled with dramatic orange and red rock
Environment

Many volcanic islands have surprisingly cool origins

By Kate Baggaley

Here’s exactly how wildfires are polluting our air
Climate Change

Here’s exactly how wildfires are polluting our air

By Kate Baggaley

a fork with a tape measure wrapped around it
Health

Why most diets don’t work—and what to try instead

By Kate Baggaley

an illustration of a marine reptile
Animals

These ancient marine reptiles got very big, very fast

By Kate Baggaley

One of the best-preserved dinosaur embryos ever found.
Animals

This fossilized dinosaur embryo is curled up just like a baby bird

By Kate Baggaley

More skunks can do handstands than we thought
Animals

More skunks can do handstands than we thought

By Kate Baggaley

This eyeless millipede shattered the record for most legs
Animals

This eyeless millipede shattered the record for most legs

By Kate Baggaley

a color illustration of a brown and white bird in a lush forest
Animals

This 120-million-year-old bird could stick out its tongue

By Kate Baggaley

Northern pike underwater
Animals

Fish can bounce back quickly from mercury pollution

By Kate Baggaley

The CDC is urging pregnant people to get COVID-19 vaccines. Here’s how we know it’s safe.
COVID-19

The CDC is urging pregnant people to get COVID-19 vaccines. Here’s how we know it’s safe.

By Kate Baggaley

Urban traffic jam in a city street road
Environment

Better vehicle emissions standards may have saved thousands of Americans

By Kate Baggaley

Scientists just spotted a massive storm from a sun-like star
Science

Scientists just spotted a massive storm from a sun-like star

By Kate Baggaley

The salmon of 2100 will have new habitat: the remains of melted glaciers
Animals

The salmon of 2100 will have new habitat: the remains of melted glaciers

By Kate Baggaley

Hydras can regrow their heads. Scientists want to know how they do it.
Animals

Hydras can regrow their heads. Scientists want to know how they do it.

By Kate Baggaley

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a ‘raft of life’ for animals in the open ocean
Biology

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a ‘raft of life’ for animals in the open ocean

By Kate Baggaley

Signs of unrest were detectable 4 years before Cumbre Vieja erupted, seismic analysis suggests
Environment

Signs of unrest were detectable 4 years before Cumbre Vieja erupted, seismic analysis suggests

By Kate Baggaley

A newfound South American dinosaur had a tail like a war club
Dinosaurs

A newfound South American dinosaur had a tail like a war club

By Kate Baggaley

a close-up of a woman with brown eyes showing her nose
Science

Sniffing this odorless molecule could make you more aggressive—or more docile

By Kate Baggaley

dirty hands spray green plants with a plastic bottle
Agriculture

Pesticides leave a lasting mark on pollinating bees

By Kate Baggaley

Black pug trying to eat dangerous foods for dogs and cats like pie
Animals

5 Thanksgiving foods that can be dangerous for dogs and cats

By Kate Baggaley

This four-legged snake fossil was probably a skinny lizard
Animals

This four-legged snake fossil was probably a skinny lizard

By Kate Baggaley

For the second time ever, someone was spontaneously cured of HIV
Diseases

For the second time ever, someone was spontaneously cured of HIV

By Kate Baggaley

‘Explosive’ fire in California’s Sierra Nevada is much more likely on super hot, dry days
Environment

‘Explosive’ fire in California’s Sierra Nevada is much more likely on super hot, dry days

By Kate Baggaley

Autism shapes the gut microbiome, scientists report, not the other way around
Health

Autism shapes the gut microbiome, scientists report, not the other way around

By Kate Baggaley