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- Planets
Let’s learn about Venus
Venus’ surface is hot enough to melt lead, studded with volcanoes and shrouded in clouds of corrosive acid.
- Archaeology
Ancient pottery shows the earliest evidence of humans doing math
The numbers of petals painted on 8,000-year-old pottery showed a distinct numerical pattern.
- Tech
These smart robots are smaller than a grain of salt
Such tiny robots could someday explore the cellular realm to study health and treat diseases.
- Earth
Scientists Say: Cave Popcorn
This type of cave formation can occur as glossy, soaplike bubbles or as a bristly, cauliflower-like clusters.
- Archaeology
60,000-year-old poison arrowheads show early humans’ hunting tactics
Traces of poison on the South African arrowheads hint that people used poisoned weapons 50,000 years earlier than previously thought.
- Health & Medicine
Got brain rot?
Excessive scrolling through social media or viral videos can mess with your mental health — and possibly alter your brain’s development, studies show.
- Science & Society
Stressed by tech? Here’s how to find help
This checklist can help you assess and improve your experiences — and your mental health.
- Science & Society
Large numbers of underage kids are on social media, study finds
Two in every three kids aged 8 to 12 have already been on social media, and one-tenth have been bullied there. Some kids report other bad experiences too.
- Agriculture
This engineer designed a device to make farm work easier
Juan Espinoza engineered a device to help ease physical demands on workers at citrus farms.
- Animals
A bonobo’s imaginary tea party hints that apes can pretend
Kanzi would sometimes play with imaginary juice and grapes, just as humans might. The bonobo's ability challenges old ideas about how animals think.
- Space
Scientists Say: Bolide
It starts as a flash. Then comes the sonic boom. The boldest meteors often go out with a bang.
- Oceans
The sea surface covered by seaweed is now as big as South America
The first global mapping of macroalgae blooms in the ocean, last year, reveals rapid growth and a new record for the area seaweed blankets.
