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The High-Stakes Quest to Make Snakebites Survivable Took Leaps Forward This Year, With Promising New Avenues to Safer Antivenoms

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Stream the Beautiful Highs and Violent Lows of Albatross Life With This New 24-Hour Camera on Midway Atoll

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A Deadly Pathogen Decimated Sunflower Sea Stars. Look Inside the Lab Working to Bring Them Back by Freezing and Thawing Their Larvae

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What's Killing These Oak Trees in the Midwest? Conservationists Believe Drifting Herbicides Are to Blame

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A Weak Spot in Earth's Magnetic Field Is Growing, but Scientists Say Not to Worry. Here's a Look at What Shields Us From Space Weather

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The Astronomical Problem of Space Junk

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Giant Mirrors in Space Could Bring Sunlight After Dark, One Startup Says—and Astronomers Are Concerned

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The Ten Best Science Books of 2025

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New Trials Hint That 'Functional Cure' for HIV May Be Within Reach, Helping Some Patients Achieve Lasting Remission

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Medical Students Are Learning Anatomy From Digital Cadavers. Can Technology Ever Replace Real Human Bodies?

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Underwater Forests Return to Life off the Coast of California, and That Might be Good News for the Entire Planet

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At the Mysterious Boundary Between Waking Life and Sleep, What Happens in the Brain?

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The Nation’s Biggest Animal Sanctuary Operates Under a Mantra to ‘Save Them All.’ How Could That Be Controversial?

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Meeting Lucy: How a World-First European Exhibition Brought Visitors Face to Face With the Fossil That 'Shrinks Time'

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Colorful Snapdragons in the Valleys of the Pyrenees Offer a Rare Window Into How Evolution Happens

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Lemurs Are Having a Mysterious 'Baby Boom' in Madagascar. Here's Why That Might Not Be a Good Thing

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How El Jefe, the Lone Arizona Jaguar Who Captivated a Nation in 2016, Became a 'Rock Star'

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'Ghost Gear,' or Abandoned Fishing Equipment, Is Haunting the Oceans. Here's How Conservationists Are Fighting Back

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These Animals Eat Poisons and Don't Die. Some Even Become Toxic in Turn

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The Giant Pumpkin World Record Just Crept Closer to 3,000 Pounds. Here's How Science, Sweat and 'Soul Crush' Keep Growers Reaching for the Heaviest Fruit Possib...

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