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Far away in the depths of space, two black holes spiral toward each other and merge. Powerful gravitational waves from that dance of death race across the cosmos until their ripples reach three giant detectors on Earth: two with the U.S.-based Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) and Europe’s Virgo detector […]

This special U.S. Army unit remained secret for over 40 years.

Science‘s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.

The Egyptians and the Canaanites built this fortress.

Guilherme Franco Netto, a prominent public health scientist in Brazil, was sound asleep in his Rio de Janeiro apartment when his daughter woke him early on 6 August. She looked alarmed. Three federal police officers were at the door.

Fingernail-size roundworms are a scourge in less economically developed countries, where they cause diarrhea, stunt children’s growth, and even kill. A new study suggests these parasites were just as common in medieval Europe as they are today, suggesting Europe’s later improvements to hygiene and sanitation proved enough to conquer them.

Small droplets can easily move around the sides of the visor, the study found.

Under proposed measures, more trained healthcare professionals will be able to administer vaccines, making them easier and quicker for people to access.

Here are some brief reports about science and technology from all over, including one from Antarctica about how there’s something funny about penguin poop.