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Tag: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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How the Pygmy Sea Horse Lost Its Snout

August 25, 2025August 26, 2025CARL ZIMMERComments Off on How the Pygmy Sea Horse Lost Its Snout

The genome of a small, remarkable sea horse offers a surprising lesson in nature’s creativity.

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Near Antarctica, Saltier Seas Mean Less Ice, Study Finds

June 30, 2025June 30, 2025Sachi Kitajima MulkeyComments Off on Near Antarctica, Saltier Seas Mean Less Ice, Study Finds

Briny warm water is mixing on the surface of the ocean, making sea ice melt faster, a new study found.

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‘Forever Chemicals’ Reach Tap Water via Treated Sewage, Study Finds

January 6, 2025January 8, 2025HIROKO TABUCHIComments Off on ‘Forever Chemicals’ Reach Tap Water via Treated Sewage, Study Finds

Wastewater, even after treatment to make it drinkable, contains high levels of PFAS, according to researchers.

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For Epidemics to Cross Oceans, Viruses on Ships Had to Beat the Odds

July 26, 2024July 26, 2024Gina KolataComments Off on For Epidemics to Cross Oceans, Viruses on Ships Had to Beat the Odds

In the era when people traveled by sailing ship and steamer, illnesses usually burned themselves out before boats reached shore, a new study finds.

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How the Cockroach Took Over the World

May 20, 2024Sofia QuagliaComments Off on How the Cockroach Took Over the World

A genetic analysis of the German cockroach explained its rise in southern Asia millenniums ago, and how it eventually turned up in your kitchen.

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Was the Stone Age Really the Wood Age?

May 4, 2024May 4, 2024Franz LidzComments Off on Was the Stone Age Really the Wood Age?

Neanderthals were even better craftsmen than thought, a new analysis of 300,000-year-old wooden tools has revealed.

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Skeletons of 1918 Flu Victims Reveal Clues About Who Was Likely to Die

October 9, 2023October 9, 2023Gina KolataComments Off on Skeletons of 1918 Flu Victims Reveal Clues About Who Was Likely to Die

While a narrative emerged that the pandemic indiscriminately struck the young and healthy, new evidence suggests that frail young adults were most vulnerable.

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Paid to Fight, Even in Ancient Greece

October 4, 2022October 5, 2022Franz LidzComments Off on Paid to Fight, Even in Ancient Greece

DNA from a 2,500-year-old battlefield in Sicily reveals that mercenary soldiers were common, if not the Homeric ideal.

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Before Chickens Were Nuggets, They Were Revered

June 7, 2022JAMES GORMANComments Off on Before Chickens Were Nuggets, They Were Revered

The origin of the domestic fowl is more recent than previously thought, but it may have taken them thousands of years to become food.

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Behold, the Worm Blob and Its Computerized Twin

October 25, 2021Sabrina ImblerComments Off on Behold, the Worm Blob and Its Computerized Twin

It wriggles. It pulls. It falls apart and comes back together. It is everything you wish for and everything you fear.

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Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told

October 2, 2025CHARLIE SAVAGE and ERIC SCHMITT

Italy Backs Trump’s Gaza Plan as Public Demands Support for Palestinians

October 2, 2025Motoko Rich, Josephine de La Bruyère and Elisabetta Povoledo

The U.K. police say they believe they know the attacker’s identity.

October 2, 2025Lizzie Dearden

Security is increased at Jewish sites across the U.K.

October 2, 2025October 2, 2025Lizzie Dearden

Attack on Manchester Synagogue Comes Amid a Rising Wave of Antisemitism

October 2, 2025MARK LANDLER

Attack on Manchester Synagogue Comes Amid a Rising Wave of Antisemitism

October 2, 2025MARK LANDLER

Energy Dept. Cancels Hundreds of Clean-Energy Projects, Mostly in Blue States

October 2, 2025October 2, 2025Brad Plumer and Maxine Joselow

Energy Dept. Cancels Hundreds of Clean-Energy Projects, Mostly in Blue States

October 2, 2025Brad Plumer and Maxine Joselow

Here’s how the U.K. police determine whether an attack is terrorism.

October 2, 2025October 2, 2025Lizzie Dearden

A 2017 terror attack in Manchester was one of Britain’s deadliest.

October 2, 2025Lizzie Dearden
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