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These ants navigate with a compass tuned to the moon

A newfound nocturnal navigation system challenges what entomologists thought they knew about how ants find their way

Did Homo erectus and Denisovans mate? Tooth proteins hint at ancient trysts

Genetic analysis suggests interbreeding between two groups of human relatives

This small rodent is at the center of theories about the hantavirus outbreak

The long-tailed pygmy rice rat is the primary host for Andes virus, the type of hantavirus responsible for sickening passengers on the MV Hondius cruise ship

How marijuana rewires the teenage brain

A growing body of research suggests cannabis poses risks to the developing brain

Hantavirus cruise ship, PCOS name change, a fish that hides in another animal’s ‘butthole’

What you should know about hantavirus, why PCOS is getting a new name, and how some fish hide in an unusual spot

Trump administration ousts top NIH infectious disease leaders

Eight of the top 10 officials at the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases have now been pushed out since President Donald Trump took office

The programmer whose code underpins the Internet

Sharla Boehm, a math teacher, spent her summers coding. She'd go on to build what would eventually evolve into the Internet