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These Bats Like to Give Hugs and Play With Bugs
Rare footage of spectral bats, known also as great false vampire bats, revealed animals with a cuddly, social side.
A 1990 Measles Outbreak Shows How the Disease Can Roar Back
To understand the virus’s re-emergence in America in 2025, some experts are looking to a past epidemic that had a high death rate in Philadelphia.
Warren Brodey, 101, Dies; a Visionary at the Dawn of the Information Age
His work on complex systems and responsive technologies helped lay the groundwork for later work on artificial intelligence.
Onionlike Space Explosion May Be a New Type of Supernova
The rare blast peeled back the inner layers of a dying star, offering clues to how the elements that make up life on Earth were forged.
Newly Discovered Moon Around Uranus Was Hiding Outside Its Rings
The 29th moon found to be orbiting the solar system’s 7th planet is about six miles wide.
Origami Bloom Patterns Could Help Build Folding Structures in Space
Bloom patterns could be useful, as engineers build folding structures to send to outer space. They’re also very pretty.
Is Extreme Running Linked to Colon Cancer?
A small, preliminary study found that marathoners were much more likely to have precancerous growths. Experts aren’t sure why.
Trump’s Get-Tough Approach on Homelessness May Sweep Up Veterans
The administration has pledged to end support for Housing First, the approach behind the V.A.’s greatest housing success story.
Cases of Mosquito-Borne Chikungunya Virus Are Surging Globally: What to Know
Chikungunya, which can disable victims for years, is spreading rapidly, including in China and other places that have not seen it before.
These Majestic Seabirds Never Stop Pooping
Streaked shearwaters keep a very regular rhythm throughout their daily foraging flights, shedding about 5 percent of their body mass every hour.
Will Oil Demand Peak Soon? Trump Administration Doesn’t Want to Hear It.
It is lashing out at the world’s leading energy organization for saying oil and gas use could start declining as the world pivots to cleaner alternatives.
At China’s Humanoid Robot Games, Athletes Fell Down a Lot
The Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing — featuring running, kickboxing and soccer — highlighted advancements in robotics. Limitations, too.
A New Way to Reduce Children’s Deaths: Cash
Simply giving money to poor families at certain times reduced deaths among young children by nearly half, a new study found.
Meet the Beautiful Dragonfly That Thrives in Your Pollution
New research outlines how the savvy blue dasher lives happily in storm drains and park ponds others flee.
A Lifelong Party of ‘Puzzle-Making Tomfoolery’
In 1978, Jerry Slocum assembled the first International Puzzle Party in his living room. Now it’s a global event.
MAHA Draft Report Brings Relief to Some, Chagrin to Others
A draft of an upcoming White House report on children’s health was not as harsh toward the agriculture industry as some of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s allies had hoped.
New I.R.S. Rules for Large Wind and Solar Projects Released
The move comes as the Trump administration has issued a barrage of new restrictions on renewable energy across the country.
A $45 Treatment Can Save a Starving Child. US Aid Cuts Have Frozen the Supply
The dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has disrupted the global supply chain that provides a therapeutic food, leaving thousands of malnourished children at risk of dying.
United Nations Plastic Treaty Talks End Without Deal
Countries failed to bridge wide gaps on whether the world should limit plastic manufacturing and restrict the use of harmful plastic chemicals.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Most Likely Doesn’t Pay Taxes
Elon Musk’s rocket company relies on federal contracts, but years of losses have most likely let it avoid paying federal income taxes, according to internal company documents.