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California landfills are belching high levels of climate-warming methane Nov 14 2019 6:00 AM Airborne remote sensing spots the Golden State's biggest emitters of the potent greenhouse gas from the sky. READ MORE   Drug-resistant microbes kill about 35,000 people in the U.S. per year Nov 13 2019 6:25 PM The latest CDC report on drug-resistant microbes finds that these pathogens infect close to 3 million people in the United States each year. READ MORE   A tooth fossil shows Gigantopithecus' close ties to modern orangutans Nov 13 2019 1:00 PM Proteins from the past help clarify how an ancient Asian ape that was larger than a full-grown, modern male gorilla evolved. READ MORE   Science News is a nonprofit. We depend on our readers to support our journalism. You can help by subscribing for as little as $2.99. SUBSCRIBE NOW

NASA gave Ultima Thule a new official name Nov 13 2019 11:59 AM The distant world briefly visited by New Horizons is now called Arrokoth, a Powhatan word that means "sky." READ MORE

Plastics outnumber baby fish 7-to-1 in some coastal nurseries Nov 13 2019 6:00 AM Ocean slicks serve as calm, food-rich nurseries for larval fish. A new study shows that slicks also accumulate plastics, which get eaten by baby fish. READ MORE

Why a warrant to search GEDmatch's genetic data has sparked privacy concerns Nov 12 2019 4:07 PM A search warrant issued by a state judge in Florida gives police access to DNA profiles of over a million Americans in a public genealogy database. READ MORE

Science News is a nonprofit. We depend on our readers to support our journalism. You can help by subscribing for as little as $25. SUBSCRIBE NOW More Recent Headlines Flipping a molecular switch can turn warrior ants into foragers Nov 12 2019 3:25 PM Toggling one protein soon after hatching makes Florida carpenter ants turn from fighting to hunting for food. READ MORE   Power lines may mess with honeybees' behavior and ability to learn Nov 12 2019 6:00 AM Under power lines, honeybees might suffer neurological effects from exposure to electromagnetic fields. READ MORE   Silver-backed chevrotains have been 'rediscovered' by science after 29 years Nov 11 2019 11:00 AM With help from Vietnamese villagers, researchers captured photos of a species of deerlike ungulate thought lost to science nearly three decades ago. READ MORE   A will to survive might take AI to the next level Nov 10 2019 8:00 AM Neuroscientists argue that the biological principle of homeostasis will lead to improved, "feeling" robots. READ MORE   Vitamin E acetate is a culprit in the deadly vaping outbreak, the CDC says Nov 08 2019 3:29 PM Researchers detected vitamin E oil in all samples of lung fluid from 29 patients suffering from lung injuries tied to e-cigarettes. READ MORE   Geology, not CO2, controlled monsoon intensity in Asia's ancient past Nov 08 2019 8:00 AM For millions of years, shifting geologic plates - not carbon dioxide levels -held the most sway over the intensity of Asia's seasonal winds and rains. READ MORE   Mom's immune system and microbiome may help predict premature birth Nov 08 2019 6:00 AM Analyzing patients' immune systems, microbiomes and more, researchers find signals to pinpoint and halt premature labor. READ MORE   The medieval Catholic Church may have helped spark Western individualism Nov 07 2019 2:59 PM Early Catholic Church decrees transformed families and may help explain why Western societies today tend to be individualistic and nonconformist. READ MORE   Trapping atoms in a laser beam offers a new way to measure gravity Nov 07 2019 2:00 PM A new type of experiment to measure the strength of Earth's gravity uses atoms suspended in light rather than free-falling atoms. READ MORE   Light leaking from a distant galaxy hints at a cosmic makeover's origins Nov 07 2019 2:00 PM Ultraviolet light slips through a hole in a distant galaxy's gas. Older galaxies might have used the trick to ionize most of the universe's hydrogen. READ MORE

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