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There is no good time for a pandemic, but COVID-19 hit the United States as a public health crisis was well under way. The...

NASA’s Super Soaker mission was basically an extreme DIY project: To better understand how noctilucent, or night-shining clouds form, researchers made one from...

New active substances that can block the replication of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus discovered in proof-of-concept study. Main protease of the coronavirus. Image credit: V....

The supermassive black holes at the centers of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies are doomed to engulf each other in an ill-fated...

To find her mate amidst a cacophony of frog croaks, groans, squeaks and trills, a female green tree frog just needs to take...

A whiff of catnip can make mosquitoes buzz off, and now researchers know why. The active component of catnip (Nepeta cataria) repels insects by...

Most professional athletes who got COVID-19 didn’t suffer heart damage from it, a new study suggests. Researchers screened 789 players who had tested positive...

Fluorescent nano-sized diamonds give a better glimpse inside cells. SEM image of the fluorescent nanodiamonds used in this study As odd as it sounds, many...

Whale protection — Science News, March 6, 1971 Whaling by the single remaining United States whaling firm, the Del Monte Fishing Co. of San...