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Tuesday th 8th of September 2020

A stray molar is the oldest known fossil from an ancient gibbon - 18:20

Sea butterflies’ shells determine how the snails swim - 09:20

Creative school plans could counter inequities exposed by COVID-19 - 05:00

Monday th 7th of September 2020

How next-gen computer generated maps detect partisan gerrymandering - 05:01

Friday th 4th of September 2020

Protecting half the planet could help solve climate change and save species - 13:01

This parasitic plant eavesdrops on its host to know when to flower - 06:40

Thursday th 3rd of September 2020

Strict new guidelines lay out a path to heritable human gene editing - 18:00

A weirdly warped planet-forming disk circles a distant trio of stars - 13:17

Bering Sea winter ice shrank to its lowest level in 5,500 years in 2018 - 05:10

Wednesday th 2nd of September 2020

Steroids reduce deaths of critically ill COVID-19 patients, WHO confirms - 12:50

Toy boats float upside down underneath a layer of levitated liquid - 10:11

Record-breaking gravitational waves reveal that midsize black holes do exist - 07:11

Tuesday th 1st of September 2020

Flamboyant cuttlefish save their bright patterns for flirting, fighting and fleeing - 15:31

50 years ago, scientists were trying to develop a low-emission car - 06:10

Monday th 31st of August 2020

Stonehenge enhanced sounds like voices or music for people inside the monument - 08:10

New coronavirus tests promise to be faster, cheaper and easier - 05:10

Friday th 28th of August 2020

How four summer camps in Maine prevented COVID-19 outbreaks - 14:10

When science doesn’t yet have the answers - 07:50

Readers ask about Mars dust storms, Fermi bubbles and more - 07:50

Puberty can repair the brain’s stress responses after hardship early in life - 07:10

Thursday th 27th of August 2020

What’s behind August 2020’s extreme weather? Climate change and bad luck - 18:11

Earth’s building blocks may have had far more water than previously thought - 13:11

Improved three-week weather forecasts could save lives from disaster - 05:10

Wednesday th 26th of August 2020

Mandatory mail-in voting hurts neither Democratic nor Republican candidates - 15:30

In a first, a person’s immune system fought HIV — and won - 13:31

Carbon dioxide from Earth’s mantle may trigger some Italian earthquakes - 13:07

If bacteria band together, they can survive for years in space - 08:50

Tuesday th 25th of August 2020

COVID-19 plasma treatments may be safe, but we don’t know if they work - 12:46

What we can learn from how a doctor’s race can affect Black newborns’ survival - 08:50

Female hyenas kill off cubs in their own clans - 06:10

Monday th 24th of August 2020

A man in Hong Kong is the first confirmed case of coronavirus reinfection - 19:10

A measurement of positronium’s energy levels confounds scientists - 07:10

New treatments aim to treat COVID-19 early, before it gets serious - 05:10

Saturday th 22nd of August 2020

Genetically modified mosquitoes have been OK’d for a first U.S. test flight - 10:30

Friday th 21st of August 2020

Check out the first-ever map of the solar corona’s magnetic field - 07:10

The board game Endangered shows just how hard conservation can be - 05:10

Thursday th 20th of August 2020

This ichthyosaur died after devouring a creature nearly as long as itself - 10:11

X-rays reveal what ancient animal mummies keep under wraps - 10:11

50 years ago, scientists clocked the speed of Antarctic ice - 06:30

Wednesday th 19th of August 2020

Ancient sculptures hint at universal facial expressions across cultures - 13:30

Methanol fuel gives this tiny beetle bot the freedom to roam - 13:10

Culling dingoes with poison may be making them bigger - 07:10

Ethan Hawke stars in ‘Tesla,’ a quirky biopic about the iconic inventor - 05:10

Tuesday th 18th of August 2020

Dust can spread influenza among guinea pigs, raising coronavirus questions - 16:10

New Guinea has more known plant species than any island in the world - 07:10

In a first, astronomers spotted a space rock turning into a comet - 05:10

Monday th 17th of August 2020

Death Valley hits 130° F, the hottest recorded temperature on Earth since 1931 - 15:50

How two new fungus species got named after the COVID-19 pandemic - 11:09

Hubble watched a lunar eclipse to see Earth from an alien’s perspective - 05:10

Friday th 14th of August 2020

Hurricanes have names. Some climate experts say heat waves should, too - 08:10