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Thursday th 12th of December 2019

NASA’s MAVEN probe shows how wind circulates in Mars’ upper atmosphere - 14:20

Why some whales are giants and others are just big - 14:20

NASA’s Parker probe has spotted the Geminid meteor showers’ source - 10:20

Here are Science News’ favorite science books of 2019 - 07:20

Prions clog cell traffic in brains with neurodegenerative diseases - 06:20

Wednesday th 11th of December 2019

Flooding Earth’s atmosphere with oxygen may not have needed a triggering event - 15:00

A nearly 44,000-year-old hunting scene is the oldest known storytelling art - 13:20

Quantum jitter lets heat travel across a vacuum - 13:20

How the Arctic’s poor health affects everyday life - 11:22

Tuesday th 10th of December 2019

Fingerprints of climate change are increasingly appearing in extreme weather - 14:50

Archaeologists have finally found ancient Egyptian wax head cones - 13:30

See how an Alaskan glacier has shrunk over time - 11:10

Licelike insects munched on dinosaur feathers around 100 million years ago - 11:10

A newly found Atacama Desert soil community survives on sips of fog - 06:10

Monday th 9th of December 2019

Electric charges on dust grains may help explain how planets are born - 13:30

Stealthy robots with microphones could improve maps of ocean noise - 08:10

Why Rembrandt and da Vinci may have painted themselves with skewed eyes - 06:10

Friday th 6th of December 2019

‘A Polar Affair’ delves into a centurylong cover-up of penguin sex - 10:10

When reading Science News is the habit of a lifetime - 08:50

Readers question quantum mechanics and more - 08:50

An ancient critter may shed light on when mammals’ middle ear evolved - 08:10

What happens when governments crack down on scientists just doing their jobs? - 06:10

Thursday th 5th of December 2019

A once-scrapped Alzheimer’s drug may work after all, new analyses suggest - 17:30

A single-celled protist reacts to threats in surprisingly complex ways - 11:21

50 years ago, income inequality was severe in the U.S. It still is - 06:20

Wednesday th 4th of December 2019

Scientists’ brains shrank a bit after an extended stay in Antarctica - 17:20

A gene tied to facial development hints humans domesticated themselves - 14:40

NASA’s Parker probe reveals the sun’s rogue plasma waves and magnetic islands - 13:20

Devil worm genes hold clues for how some animals survive extreme heat - 06:20

Tuesday th 3rd of December 2019

Climate-warming CO₂ emissions will hit a record high in 2019 - 19:20

How brightly the moon glows is a mystery, but maybe not for long - 08:20

Medications alone work as well as surgery for some heart disease patients - 06:20

Monday th 2nd of December 2019

An ancient outbreak of bubonic plague may have been exaggerated - 15:20

A tree in Brazil’s arid northeast rains nectar from its flowers - 08:20

Infrared images reveal hidden tattoos on Egyptian mummies - 06:20

Sunday th 1st of December 2019

Is taking birth control as a teen linked to depression? It’s complicated - 06:20

Saturday th 30th of November 2019

Some people with half a brain have extra strong neural connections - 12:24

Dengue cases in the Americas have reached an all-time high - 12:24

How two gamma-ray bursts created record-breaking high-energy photons - 12:24

The loss of ‘eternal ice’ threatens Mongolian reindeer herders’ way of life - 12:24

50 years ago, scientists puzzled over a slight global cooling - 12:24

An AI found a hidden Nazca Line in Peru showing a humanoid figure - 12:24

Why screening DNA for ‘designer babies’ probably won’t work - 12:24

How Julia Robinson helped define the limits of mathematical knowledge - 12:24

Ribose, a sugar needed for life, has been detected in meteorites - 12:24

A carved rock found in Jordan may be the oldest known chess piece - 12:24

Mounting evidence suggests neutrinos are key to why antimatter is rare - 12:24

19 more galaxies mysteriously missing dark matter have been found - 12:24

Most Americans now see signs of climate change where they live - 12:24

A protein helps disease-causing immune cells invade MS patients’ brains - 12:24