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A Supreme Court ruling on nuclear waste spotlights U.S....

Court ruling allows interim nuclear waste storage in Texas, but the U.S. still h...

Compare shark sizes on our infographic

As Jaws celebrates its 50th anniversary, Science News explores the vast range of...

Summer is a great time to protect your hearing

Concerts, fireworks and other hallmarks of summer can hurt your hearing long-ter...

‘Dragon Man’ skull may be the first from an enigmatic h...

Ancient proteins and DNA may peg a 146,000-year-old Chinese skull as the most co...

This moth species may use the Milky Way as its guiding ...

Bogong moths migrate up to 1,000 kilometers from Australian plains to mountain c...

Baby’s First Words Crossword

Solve our latest interactive crossword. We'll publish science-themed crosswords...

How attacks on evolution in classrooms have shifted ove...

Since the Scopes trial in 1925, Science News has reported on legislative attempt...

Is nuclear energy good? A new book explores this comple...

Atomic Dreams explores nuclear energy's future in the U.S. through the history o...

Fewer scavengers could mean more zoonotic disease

Scavenger populations are decreasing, a new study shows. That could put human he...

100 years after the Scopes trial, science is still unde...

In 1925, John Scopes was indicted for teaching evolution. Science News looks at ...

Black hole–shredded megastars power a new class of cosm...

These explosions, called extreme nuclear transients, shine for longer than typic...

A common parenting practice may be hindering teen devel...

A poll shows U.S. parents are wary of unsupervised teens, but lack of independen...

This paint ‘sweats’ to keep your house cool

This new passive cooling paint reflects sunlight, emits heat and mimics sweating...

A genetic test may predict which weight loss drugs work...

Variants of obesity-related genes influence how much weight patients lose on spe...

This spider’s barf is worse than its bite

Most spider species subdue dinner by injecting venom from their fangs. Feather-l...

At early ages, autism in girls and boys looks similar

A new study of more than 2,500 children under 5 found little difference in autis...