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This stunning image of dune fields near Mars’ north polar ice cap, taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, showcases the impact of polar winds on the Red Planet’s landscape.
Better prevention is driving down heart-attack rates in the U.S., but the sharp drops seen at the height of the pandemic were likely caused by people avoiding medical care.
Greenland was almost completely ice-free at some point in the last one million years, fossilized flowers from a core sample taken from the center of the island reveal.
Babies in Nigeria are testing positive for bacteria resistant to colistin, though it’s not clear whether they pick it up in utero, from their mothers, or from somewhere in the hospital.
This slimline, eel-like fish has no scales for protection so chooses to use a sea cucumber’s sphincter for safety.
Scientists hope to accelerate the development of human-level AI using a network of powerful supercomputers — with the first of these machines fully operational by 2025.
Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses frogs and chytrid fungus, trilobite fossils and a dinosaur named after the Norse god of mischief.
A sign of our past? Deaf experimental psychologist Rain Bosworth has found that babies have an intrinsic ability to recognize sign language, Meghan Rosen reported in “Primed to sign” (SN: 4/26/24). Reader Suzanne Lijek wondered if our innate sensitivity to…
Sports mastery is about much more than physical capability — it shapes the brain, too.
8 must-see destinations for your (future) Mars vacation
