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Can you smell bugs? Learn more about how our sense of smell work, and why that can lead some to be able to smell insects.

Discover why Antarctica no longer has lush forests with giant ferns and how ancient fires fueled intense volcanic activity.

Learn how a deactivated satellite sends signals from beyond, not by reviving its systems, but by inadvertently setting off ...

Learn more about the volcanic ash researchers found in the sediment around Lake Mead’s now exposed shoreline, and how it ...

What is razor blade throat? Learn more about the symptoms of NB.1.8.1, the new COVID variant.

Learn how starfish got their shape after a complicated evolutionary process, starting with an ancestor that lived 500 million ...

Learn how a new discovery of a giant planet can help scientists refine their theories of how planets form.

Learn about new warnings from scientists about how disposable e-cigarettes contain higher levels of hazardous lead, nickel, ...

Learn more about the pounding plume of molten rock that’s beneath Ethiopia, forcing its three tectonic plates to separate.

Dancing dinosaurs? Learn what dinosaur tracks tell us about theropod dance and mating moves.

Discover the first images from NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory and learn about what it's new mission is for space.