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In this extract from “Bite: An Incisive History of Teeth, from Hagfish to Humans,” Bill Schutt looks at the creatures with the strongest bite forces in the world.
Geologists have revealed new details about a recent geyser eruption at Yellowstone National Park, including the shallow depth of the explosion and staggering height of its plume.
The immune protein interleukin-6 helps regulate body weight. Blocking it in the brain could restore appetite and muscle mass, a study in mice hints.
Plants growing at the bottom of sinkholes in China’s Dashiwei Tiankeng Group don’t take up as much carbon as surface plants do, but they have much higher levels of nutrients in their tissues.
How hot could it get? In the first edition of Science News’ Extreme Climate Update, we look at how high temperatures could soar.
Somewhere in the not-too-distant universe, a cosmic beast is waking up. The monstrous object is a supermassive black hole. Some 300 million light-years from Earth, it sits at the center of a galaxy called SDSS1335+0728. Over the past four years,…
A massive water-treatment facility located near the Nile River may have been used to build the pyramid of Djoser.
Researchers have devised an “absurdly fast” algorithm to solve the problem of finding the fastest flow through a network.
A 2023 astronaut photo provides a unique perspective of the Sulaiman Mountains in Pakistan, showing how thick clouds of haze get trapped behind the tall peaks.
Scientists hope a new blood test for colorectal cancer could improve screening rates.
