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Climate models agree things will get bad. Capturing just how bad is tricky Jan 07 2020 6:00 AM Earth's climatic future is uncertain, but the world needs to prepare for change. Enter climate simulations, which re-create the physical interactions between land, sea and sky using well-known physical laws and equations. Such models can look into the past and reconstruct ancient ice ages or hothouse worlds with the help of data gleaned from rocks […] READ MORE   Healthy babies exposed to Zika in the womb may suffer developmental delays Jan 06 2020 3:29 PM A small group of Zika-exposed children in Colombia who were born healthy missed milestones for movement and social interaction by 18 months of age. READ MORE   The home galaxy of a second repeating fast radio burst is a puzzle Jan 06 2020 11:00 AM The second galaxy known to host brief, brilliant flashes of radio waves known as a recurrent fast radio burst looks nothing like the first. READ MORE

Small 'cousins' of T. rex may have actually been growing teenagers Jan 06 2020 6:00 AM Fossil analyses suggest that Nanotyrannus wasn't a diminutive relative of the more famous behemoth Tyrannosaurus rex. READ MORE

LIGO detects its second neutron star collision, but gains few clues Jan 05 2020 7:57 PM Gravitational waves have once again heralded a smashup between neutron stars, but this time with no flash of light to help guide understanding. READ MORE

Top 10 science anniversaries in 2020 Jan 05 2020 6:00 AM 2020 marks anniversaries of the discovery of electromagnetism and X-rays, plus the first atomic bomb READ MORE

More Recent Headlines Climate change is bringing earlier springs, which may trigger drier summers Jan 03 2020 2:00 PM An earlier than normal start to spring foliage is associated with drier soils come summer across much, but not all, of the Northern Hemisphere. READ MORE   The first glimpses of a pulsar's surface hint at complex magnetism Jan 03 2020 8:00 AM Maps of a rapidly spinning neutron star could eventually help researchers figure out how matter behaves at extraordinarily high densities. READ MORE   Debate over signs of early life inspires dueling teams to go to Greenland - together Jan 03 2020 6:00 AM The remote site - which may or may not contain evidence of the most ancient life on Earth - could help scientists plan how to study such signs on Mars. READ MORE   Color-changing fibers help reveal mysteries of how knots work Jan 02 2020 2:00 PM Experiments with colorful fibers helped scientists discover a few simple rules behind knots' varying strengths. READ MORE   A new map reveals radio waves from tens of thousands of galaxies Jan 02 2020 10:00 AM Radio waves from about 17,000 galaxies show that the peak of star formation, about 10 billion years ago, might have been more productive than predicted. READ MORE   What's ahead for science in 2020? Here's what we���re watching Jan 02 2020 6:00 AM Science News writers are awaiting new Mars missions, a new search for dark matter, results from a male birth control pill study and more. READ MORE   Injecting a TB vaccine into the blood, not the skin, boosts its effectiveness Jan 01 2020 1:00 PM Giving a high dose of a tuberculosis vaccine intravenously, instead of under the skin, improved its ability to protect against the disease in monkeys. READ MORE   Russian foxes bred for tameness may not be the domestication story we thought Dec 31 2019 9:00 AM Foxes bred for tameness also developed floppy ears and curly tails, known as "domestication syndrome." But what if the story isn't what it seems? READ MORE   Fluid dynamics may help drones capture a dolphin's breath in midair Dec 31 2019 6:00 AM High-speed footage of dolphin spray reveals that droplets blast upward at speeds approaching 100 kilometers per hour. READ MORE   Stick-toting puffins offer the first evidence of tool use in seabirds Dec 30 2019 3:00 PM Puffins join the ranks of tool-using birds after researchers document two birds using sticks to groom, a first for seabirds. READ MORE

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