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Hell Heron: An Illustrated Story

A new dinosaur discovered in the sands of the Sahara upends an old model

This Towering Fir Is the Tallest Tree in East Asia

The Indigenous people of Taiwan call it “the tree that hits the moon”

June 5, 2026

Why Doesn’t Coffee Taste Like Caffeine?

It’s the same reason steaks are delicious

June 5, 2026

Screwworms Are Back. Here’s How We Eliminated Them the First Time

Screwworms plagued the livestock industry for decades

June 4, 2026

Who Was Nancy Grace Roman?

The trailblazing astronomer lends her name to the newest space telescope slated to deliver unprecedented insight into the universe

June 4, 2026

Bumblebees Have Chimp-Like Problem-Solving Abilities Despite Tiny Brains

New research may upend the cognitive primacy of humans and other large-brained vertebrates

Solving Feynman’s Formula for Eating Well, Parking Your Car, and Finding a Mate

The 50-year mystery suggests humans may be more rational than we thought

June 4, 2026

The Cold War’s Accidental Whale Observatory

Built to track enemy submarines, the Navy’s underwater listening network inadvertently revealed that whales may be singing across entire oceans

June 4, 2026

Watch How “Trashy” City Bowerbirds Attract Their Mates

Human-made objects are just too tempting

June 3, 2026

Stupid in the Land of Oz

We’re not in Kansas anymore, but you knew that

June 3, 2026

Food Noise Goes Quiet with GLP-1s

But there’s a lot we still don’t know about these intrusive thoughts of food