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Tiny robot drones learn to navigate the world like honeybees

Mapping their starting point like bees do helps autonomous drones find their way

A Physicist Who Thinks in Poetry from the Cosmic Edge

KATRINA MILLER

In her second pop-science book, theoretical cosmologist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein returns to her celestial and cultural roots.

Lithuania’s Peat Bogs Could Help the Climate and Defend the Border, Too

AVRIL SILVA

Lithuanian officials hope restored peat bogs can reinforce the border in addition to locking away planet-warming carbon.

Radar picks up on bird migration. But how do we tell birds and storms apart?

Flock shape, speed and structure are key in deciphering whether radar readouts are birds, bats, insects or weather

Baby ‘cosmic fossil’ galaxy brings JWST closer to glimpsing the universe’s first stars

Seen just 800 million years after the big bang, an object called LAP1-B is a galactic building block that seems to hold some of the first stars to ever shine

Are attention spans really shrinking? What the science says

Digital distractions can undermine our focus, but research suggests that our inherent capacity to pay attention hasn't diminished

5 Great Stargazing Trains

MICHAEL HARMON

On nighttime excursions in dark-sky hot spots like Norway, New Zealand and Nevada, all you have to do is relax and look up. The stars will do the rest.

Top Kennedy Spokesman Resigns in Protest Over New Vaping Policy

SHERYL GAY STOLBERG

In a letter to President Trump, the spokesman, Rich Danker, said moves to allow the sale of flavored e-cigarettes would enhance their appeal to children.

With a Friend in Trump, the Tobacco Industry Secures a Lucrative Win

CHRISTINA JEWETT AND KENNETH P. VOGEL

In a dispute over vapes, the president sided with tobacco companies that filled his groups’ coffers over his own F.D.A. commissioner, who resigned in protest.

59,000-year-old Neanderthal tooth may be oldest evidence of dentistry

Archaeologists analyzed a Neanderthal molar that seems like it was intentionally drilled, but some experts are skeptical

Americans are increasingly open to using psychedelics for medical reasons

A survey found that more than 60 percent of respondents "strongly support" making psychedelics easier to study, reflecting a growing consensus that some could have therapeutic use

Can hantavirus spread through the air? What we do and don’t know

The Andes type of the hantavirus is spread by "close contact," but it's unclear how much of that transmission occurs by inhaling airborne droplets or other means

Almost half of the objects in Earth's orbit is junk—and that's only the stuff we know about

Debris is a growing threat to orbital infrastructure, and it's only going to get worse as the number of launches increases

Nancy Cox, Who Worked to Conquer the Wily Flu, Dies at 77

CLAY RISEN

As the leader of the C.D.C.’s influenza division, she battled to keep up with an ever-changing viral opponent, building a global network of researchers and forecasters.

Black Bear Fatally Mauls Uranium Contractor in Northern Canada

ADEEL HASSAN

The attack, at a remote uranium mining site in northern Saskatchewan, was only the fourth fatal black bear encounter in the province’s recorded history, officials said.