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Superconductor Scientist Faces Investigation as a Paper Is Retracted

Why It Matters: Recurring doubts about blockbuster physics claims.A superconductor is a material that effortlessly carries electrical current. If such a substance works at...

Opioid Settlement Money Is Being Spent on Police Cars and Overtime

After years of legal battles to hold the pharmaceutical industry responsible for the opioid crisis, payments from court settlements are finally being distributed to...

Mütter Museum in Philadelphia Weighs Dialing Down its ‘Electric Frankness’

The Mütter Museum, located at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, is a unique 19th-century medical collection that attracts approximately 160,000 visitors annually. With...

El Perucetus pudo haber sido el animal más pesado de la historia

Los paleontólogos presentaron el miércoles los huesos fosilizados de una de las ballenas más extrañas de la historia. Este leviatán de 39 millones de...

W. Jason Morgan, 87, Dies; Developed the Theory of Plate Tectonics

W. Jason Morgan, who in 1967 developed the theory of plate tectonics — a framework that revolutionized the study of earthquakes, volcanoes and the...

Russia’s Luna-25 Mission Launches to the Moon

For the first time in nearly half a century, Russia has launched a spacecraft that is headed to the moon.On Friday morning at a...

Alice K. Ladas, Author of Landmark Book on Female Sexuality, Dies at 102

Alice Kahn Ladas, a psychologist and psychotherapist whose best-selling 1982 book, “The G Spot: And Other Recent Discoveries About Human Sexuality,” created a tipping...

As Weather Threats Loom, Even Chimps Learn to Shelter in Place

When Michelle Reininger went to bed on Thursday, June 15, she wasn’t worried about the weather. The last time she checked, the forecast had...

Under Hydrothermal Vents, Animal Life Is Discovered for First Time

Off the western shores of Central and South America, there is a Lovecraftian, lava-licked realm thousands of feet beneath the ocean. There, on the...

These Clever Fish Have Mastered the Fakeout

Trumpetfish like to snack on damselfish and shrimp in coral reefs and sea grass beds around the world....

Indian lunar orbiter hit by heat rise

NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Scientists have switched off several on-board instruments to halt rising temperatures inside India's first unmanned lunar spacecraft. The spacecraft carrying...

Torrent of Water From Alaska Glacier Floods Juneau

Residents in Alaska’s capital, Juneau, were urged on Monday to stay away from the Mendenhall River after flooding from a glacier destroyed two buildings...