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These Male Dolphins Do Something Rare: Day Care
Male Franciscana dolphins are exceptional babysitters. Scientists are trying to figure out if they are thoughtful fathers or just hope to be.
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SpaceX's giant rocket may leave NASA in the dust
As it races to develop its new massive rocket, the space launch company is preparing to retire NASA's main ride to the International Space Station. (Image credit: Eric Gay)
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This week in science: PTSD prediction, phishing while tired, an exoplanet
The regular news roundup with NPR's science podcast Short Wave covers a possible use for AI in emergency rooms, a distant planet and the link between cybersecurity and Daylight Saving Time.
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Malawi Lacks Money to Fund its El Niño Plans
The question is being asked across the developing world, where hunger risk is high from the extreme weather El Niño is expected to bring. Malawi has a big plan, but little money.
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These Killer Female Apes Challenge the ‘Man the Hunter’ Origin Story
Bonobos are as closely related to humans as chimps. New evidence that female bonobos are the primary hunters could radically alter our understanding of early human societies.
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25 Years After the Anthrax Attacks, America Remains Vulnerable
Letters filled with anthrax spores exposed flaws in the United States’ biosecurity systems. Experts say many of those issues still exist.
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The Russian Scientist Behind the Deadly Novichok Nerve Agents Has Died
Vladimir Uglev, a lead developer of a Cold War-era chemical weapon used on the dissident Alexei Navalny, later turned against the government. He was 80.
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‘Fight Harder,’ U.N. Chief António Guterres Implores, Rousing Climate Ambassadors at COP31
The United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, spoke at COP31, a meeting aimed at reducing emissions, amid a sharp drop in attendance by world leaders.
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The U.S. Has Lost Its Measles-Elimination Status, Data Suggests
An international panel of scientific experts will convene on Tuesday to evaluate the status, but genetic data already shows the virus is once again entrenched in the United States.
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How A.I. Just Blew Up a Key Tenet of Computer Science
A longstanding hypothesis held that some problems would always be hard for computers to solve quickly. But OpenAI disproved it — raising the possibility of radical new efficiencies.
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What Is Congress’s Plan to Speed Up Energy Permits?
The sprawling bill, which has divided Democrats, would overhaul major environmental laws to streamline the permitting process.
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From Climate Activism to the House of Representatives
William Lawrence, a co-founder of the Sunrise Movement, flipped a seat in Michigan for the Democrats.
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Iran War Unexpectedly Drove Down Carbon Emissions This Year
It’s the first drop in planet-warming pollution since the pandemic in 2020. But researchers cautioned that the decline could be short-lived.
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El Niño Is Hitting California Hard
Rising sea levels and violent weather are testing residents in some of the most picturesque cities along the Pacific Coast.
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Could Alien Life Thrive in Sulfuric Acid Instead of Water?
Best known for dissolving bodies in bathtubs, sulfuric acid has the potential to be the elixir of life on other worlds.
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Scientists think they've found ancient remnants of dinosaur blood
Scientists have studied plenty of dinosaur bones, eggs and footprints. Now, some think they've found their strongest evidence yet of dinosaur blood.
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Mice can learn to fight by watching tiny rodent cage matches, study finds
Brain scientists set up "gladiator style" cage matches for mice — and found that simply observing fighting matches can rewire a mouse's brain to resemble those who actually fought.
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Top Astrophysicist Leaves U.S. After Trump Policies Affect Her Work
Kelly Holley-Bockelmann was one of the top astrophysicists in the country until President Trump’s policies affected every part of her work.
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An Anti-Trump Protest. Police Threats. Inside a Rift in Diabetes Research.
It began with a protest at an American Diabetes Association conference. Now a resulting boycott has caused a scientific slowdown, with no end in sight.
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He was diagnosed with cancer. Then he was told he lost his Medicaid
Health clinics and organizations advocating for poor and working-class Nebraskans say the rollout of Medicaid work requirements has been rife with problems. (Image credit: Chris Machian)
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How an Intern and a Biologist Rescued an Orphaned Walrus in Alaska
An injured five-month-old walrus was found huddled next to carcasses in remote Alaska after it became separated from its mother. Its rescue took days and lots of patience.
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NASA is looking for astronauts to live and work on the Moon
NASA needs more recruits in order to return to the moon after being gone more than half a century. (Image credit: Karen Warren)
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Disaster-Prone Communities Face Cuts and Slowdowns in Federal Help
The Trump administration is scaling back or stalling investments that help vulnerable places harden themselves to rising flood and fire threats.
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Doctors Absorb the Stunning Failure of Two High-Profile Heart Drugs
By every measure, the drugs were no better than placebos, full data revealed on Saturday. Was it the fault of the design of the studies, or our very hypotheses about heart disease?