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San Antonio Spurs star ‘Wemby’ is rocking the NBA playoffs. Science can help explain why

Wemby's height gives him an advantage in blocking and rebounding, but how does the tallest player in the NBA keep hitting all those threes?

A new study says homing pigeon livers act like compasses. Other experts aren’t so sure

How animals use Earth's magnetic field to navigate is one of biology's biggest unsolved mysteries. This study proposes a totally new source for the sixth sense

Back-to-back chemical accidents raise alarm over EPA push to reduce oversight

A near-miss incident and a deadly chemical accident in a single week have affected thousands and drawn scrutiny to federal rules around risk management at chemical plants

Kamala Sohonie: The biochemist who wanted to feed a nation

Biochemist Kamala Baghvat, later known as Kamala Sohonie, forced open the doors of India's male-only laboratories and used her knowledge to help feed a nation

White House proposes new rules giving political appointees final approval on research grants

These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque

Blue Origin Rocket Blows Up on Florida Launchpad During Test

KENNETH CHANG

The rocket, built by the Jeff Bezos-owned space company, was to carry 48 satellites into space. Blue Origin reported on social media that “all personnel have been accounted for.”

Why the Ebola and Hantavirus Outbreaks Have Confounded Scientists

CARL ZIMMER

The types of Ebola and hantavirus worrying officials are very different from the species identified decades ago, raising new questions about how to respond.

How big can a galaxy get?

Deep surveys of the sky have turned up galaxies vastly larger than our own. Are there even bigger ones yet to be seen?

How smartphones and AI are reshaping our bodies and minds

A new look at how everything from handwriting to AI quietly reshapes our bodies, habits and sense of connection

Europe's deadly spring heatwave is obliterating temperature records

The unseasonably hot weather has already claimed at least 18 lives and history shows more are likely on the way.

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explodes in massive fireball, imperiling NASA moon missions

The latest flight of the New Glenn rocket was meant to prepare Blue Origin for a series of NASA-funded lunar voyages. Instead it ended before it began

Retatrutide results spark questions about how rapid weight loss affects the body

New-generation GLP-1 drugs, such as retatrutide, are achieving higher rates of weight loss. How much weight is too much and too fast to lose?

What Exactly Caused That Loud Boom in South Carolina?

VICTOR MATHER

A huge noise rattled part of the state on Thursday. Multiple theories have been put forward, but the mystery remains.

A Clean Energy PAC Helped Beat Chip Roy, and Now It Has New Targets

LISA FRIEDMAN

A PAC representing wind and solar energy interests spent $1.1 million to boost the Republican primary opponent of Chip Roy, an opponent of renewables. Now they are trying to save a Republican ally in Iowa.

How the success of D-Day hinged on a weather forecast

As General Dwight D. Eisenhower prepared for D-Day, he needed a forecast. The new movie Pressure shows the tense make-or-break weather prediction that led to the successful invasion of Europe that spelled the beginning of the end of World War II