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New Malaria Vaccines Offer a Real Shot at Fighting the...

A malaria vaccine that could protect millions of children against the parasite-borne disease is expected to roll out early next year....

California Nixes a Bill to Decriminalize Plant-Based Psychedelics

Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed Senate Bill 58, which would have allowed adults to possess small amounts of mescaline, DMT, and psilocybin,...

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Heat Waves in the Ground Are Getting More Extreme—and Perilous

The atmosphere is rapidly warming, but the soil is also prone to heat waves. Scientists are racing to understand the consequences.

The EU Just Kicked Off Its Biggest Climate Experiment Yet

The world’s largest single market has launched a bold plan to tax carbon at its borders. The rest of the world is paying very close...

How These Nobel-Winning Physicists Explored Tiny Glimpses...

The development of attosecond pulses of light allowed researchers to explore the frame-by-frame movement of electrons.

In Defense of the Rat

Rats are less pestilent and more lovable than you might think. Can humans learn to live with them?

Amazon Is Going to Fill the Sky With Satellites. Astronomers...

Large constellations of satellites interfere with telescope observations, and Amazon will eventually add another 3,200 of them to...

As Amazon Launches Project Kuiper, Astronomers Debate How...

Large constellations interfere with telescope observations, and Amazon will eventually add another 3,200 satellites to the night sky....

Meet the Next Generation of Doctors—and Their Surgical...

Don't worry, your next surgeon will definitely be a human. But just as medical students are training to use a scalpel, they're also...

What Do We Owe the Octopus?

Mounting research suggests that cephalopods experience pain. Now, the National Institutes of Health is considering new animal welfare...