The Hot Secret behind a Deep-Sea ‘Octopus Garden’
Thousands of usually solitary octopuses gather to brood eggs in a special spot off California
Stephanie Pappas is a freelance science journalist. She is based in Denver, Colo.
Thousands of usually solitary octopuses gather to brood eggs in a special spot off California
The “button dogs” of TikTok seem to be learning human words. What’s really going on?
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Stars fueled by the self-annihilation of dark matter might have been spotted for the first time by JWST
Wildfire smoke from Canada is causing poor air quality along the East Coast. Here’s what those air quality alerts mean
Kids don’t typically advance academically during the summer, but the research isn’t clear on whether they forget what they’ve already learned
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The disk of our galaxy was long thought to produce these ghostly high-energy particles, but they haven’t been detected until now
Wildfires can have mental health impacts, both among those who are directly affected and those who find themselves under a blanket of smoke
Animals have been catching z’s for at least half a billion years. Here’s the first evidence of an animal sleeping
Mass shootings are causing widespread anxiety among Americans. A new screening tool could identify those who are impacted enough to need mental health support
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Kissing probably predates Homo sapiens as a species, but the first texts documenting the beso go back to the early Bronze Age
A book-shaped rock spotted by the Curiosity rover on Mars is the result of an interplay of wind, water—and the human brain
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