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Many fictional moon voyages preceded the Apollo landing

Jul 11 2019 6:00 AM

Landing on the moon for real dramatically demonstrated the confluence of science with the moon's cultural mystique.

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Both fish and humans have REM-like sleep

Jul 10 2019 1:38 PM

Sleeping zebrafish have brain and body activity similar to snoozing mammals, suggesting that sleep evolved at least 450 million years ago.

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A Greek skull may belong to the oldest human found outside of Africa

Jul 10 2019 1:00 PM

Humans possibly reached southeastern Europe by 210,000 years ago.

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Growth Curve

Toddlers tend to opt for the last thing in a set, so craft your questions carefully

Jul 10 2019 8:00 AM

Two-year-olds demonstrate a verbal quirk that makes their answers less reliable.

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Science Visualized

See how visualizations of the moon have changed over time

Jul 10 2019 6:00 AM

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, here's a collection of images that show how the moon has been visualized over the ages.

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Moons that escape their planets could become 'ploonets'

Jul 09 2019 10:02 AM

If giant planets in other star systems lose their moons, the freed objects could become "ploonets," and current telescopes may be able to find them.

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Ancient humans used the moon as a calendar in the sky
Jul 09 2019 8:00 AM

Whether the moon was a timekeeper for early humans, as first argued during the Apollo missions, is still up for debate.

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A mysterious coral disease is ravaging Caribbean reefs
Jul 09 2019 6:00 AM

Scientists are racing to learn what's behind a disease that's "annihilating" whole coral species in hopes of stopping it.

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Science Visualized
A 100-hour MRI scan captured the most detailed look yet at a whole human brain
Jul 08 2019 10:00 AM

Researchers report ultraprecise imaging of a postmortem human brain.

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Ground beetle genitals have the genetic ability to get strange. They don't
Jul 08 2019 8:00 AM

A new look at the genetics of sex organs finds underpinnings of conflicts over genital size.

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Moonlight shapes how some animals move, grow and even sing
Jul 08 2019 6:00 AM

The moon's light influences lion prey behavior, dung beetle navigation, fish growth, mass migrations and birdsong.

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Here's the science behind some of your favorite things to do in summer
Jul 05 2019 7:00 AM

Inject some science into your summer.

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The largest seaweed bloom ever detected spanned the Atlantic in 2018
Jul 04 2019 2:00 PM

Nutrient-rich water from the Amazon River may be helping massive seaweed mats to flourish each summer in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Ancient DNA reveals the origins of the Philistines
Jul 03 2019 2:00 PM

A mysterious Biblical-era population may have fled Bronze Age calamities.

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Rogue immune cells can infiltrate old brains
Jul 03 2019 1:00 PM

Killer T cells get into older brains where they may make mischief, a study in mice and postmortem human brain tissue finds.

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Why some insect eggs are spherical while others look like hot dogs
Jul 03 2019 1:00 PM

Analyzing a new database of insect eggs' sizes and shapes suggests that where eggs are laid helps explain some of their diversity of forms.

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