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Deep Neural Networks Are Helping Decipher How Brains Work

Neuroscience

Deep Neural Networks Are Helping Decipher How Brains Work

Anil Ananthaswamy

Is It Better to Plant Trees or Let Forests Regrow Naturally?

Climate Change

Is It Better to Plant Trees or Let Forests Regrow Naturally?

Fred Pearce

A Holiday Season Covid Surge, Outbreaks in Swing States, and More

Coronavirus Update

A Holiday Season Covid Surge, Outbreaks in Swing States, and More

Eve Sneider

Why Are Lines at Polling Places So Long? Math

D’s, R’s, and Queues

Why Are Lines at Polling Places So Long? Math

Adam Rogers

How Humanity Spent Its First 20 Years in Orbit Aboard the ISS

Off Planet

How Humanity Spent Its First 20 Years in Orbit Aboard the ISS

Daniel Oberhaus

In Embryos, Crispr Can Cut Out Whole Chromosomes—That's Bad

Gene Editing

In Embryos, Crispr Can Cut Out Whole Chromosomes—That's Bad

Megan Molteni

How Octopuses Use Their Suction Cups to Taste Through Touch

Arms Like Tongues

How Octopuses Use Their Suction Cups to Taste Through Touch

Sara Harrison

A New Way to Plug a Human Brain Into a Computer: via Veins

Telekinesis

A New Way to Plug a Human Brain Into a Computer: via Veins

Adam Rogers

Scientists found signs of life on Venus. Now they’re not so sure

Space

Scientists found signs of life on Venus. Now they’re not so sure

Abigail Beall

What to Wear When You’re Battling Giant, Venomous Hornets

Dressed to Kill

What to Wear When You’re Battling Giant, Venomous Hornets

Megan Molteni

What Did Pterosaurs Eat? Look Very Closely at Their Teeth

Ptooey

What Did Pterosaurs Eat? Look Very Closely at Their Teeth

Matt Simon

What Should You Do About Holiday Gatherings and Covid-19?

'Difficult Situation'

What Should You Do About Holiday Gatherings and Covid-19?

Matt Simon

These Oceanographers Want to Turn Marine Slime Into Drugs

Treasure Hunt

These Oceanographers Want to Turn Marine Slime Into Drugs

Eric Niiler

What Comes After the International Space Station?

ISS-B-GON

What Comes After the International Space Station?

Daniel Oberhaus

There May Be Far More Water on the Moon Than NASA Thought

H2O

There May Be Far More Water on the Moon Than NASA Thought

Daniel Oberhaus

Boston Dynamics’ Robots Won’t Take Our Jobs … Yet

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Boston Dynamics’ Robots Won’t Take Our Jobs … Yet

Lauren Goode

Pandemic Quiet Is Helping Humans Eavesdrop on Rare Dolphins

EEEEEEEEEE!

Pandemic Quiet Is Helping Humans Eavesdrop on Rare Dolphins

Ronan O'Connell

Mark Kelly’s Been To Space. Can He Make it to Capitol Hill?

Astropolitics

Mark Kelly’s Been To Space. Can He Make it to Capitol Hill?

Daniel Oberhaus

Scientists Discover the First Room-Temperature Superconductor

Under Pressure

Scientists Discover the First Room-Temperature Superconductor

Charlie Wood

Russia's Laptev Sea Should Have Started to Freeze by Now

Too Hot

Russia's Laptev Sea Should Have Started to Freeze by Now

Jonathan Watts