If you’ve ever seen a manta ray, you may be able to imagine what the ancient eagle shark looked like in action: a giant, ghostly figure flapping through Cretaceous era seas near present-day Mexico. For the first time, paleontologists describe the new species, discovered in a limestone quarry in northeastern […]
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COVID-19 treatment at 1 year, and smarter materials for smarter cities
Science Staff Writer Kelly Servick discusses how physicians have sifted through torrents of scientific results to arrive at treatments for SARS-CoV-2.
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ISRO’s Chandrayaan 2 orbiter could last for seven years in orbit: Jitendra Singh
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These adorable puppies may help explain why dogs understand our body language
Few scientific mysteries can be solved with the help of nearly 400 adorably naughty puppies, but a new study is a pleasant exception. Researchers have used the furballs to show dogs’ ability to understand human pointing—a rarity in the animal kingdom and key to social intelligence—appears to be hardwired in […]
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Giraffe genome holds keys to its peculiar body—and clues to hypertension treatments
To biologists, the giraffe’s long neck is a prime example of evolution’s handiwork, cited by both Charles Darwin and Jean-Baptiste Lamarck as support for their evolutionary theories. But it is also an engineering problem. In order get oxygen up its 2-meter neck to its brain, a giraffe’s heart constantly pumps […]
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Hey buddy! Your cellphone addiction is causing a pedestrian traffic jam
That annoying person walking down the street with their head buried in their cellphone—don’t lie, sometimes it’s you—isn’t just slowing themself down. They’re also hamstringing other people’s ability to move quickly and efficiently, according to a new study.
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Many people who die of COVID-19 have the virus in their hearts
Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation.
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As Biden mulls reversing Trump’s monument cuts, researchers urge him to go big
When paleontologist Rob Gay returned to his research sites at the Bears Ears National Monument last month after a long absence, he wasn’t sure what he would find. Former President Donald Trump had shrunk the monument, created by former President Barack Obama, by 85% and weakened protections for sites holding […]
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Watch dolphins ‘talk’ to each other to synchronize their behaviors
If you’ve ever counted to three before jumping into the pool with a friend, you’ve got something in common with dolphins. The sleek marine mammals use coordinated clicks and whistles to tell each other the precise moment to perform a backflip or push a button, according to new research. That […]