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Argentina to return two rare maned wolves to the wild Conservationists will return two maned wolves, rescued after the death of their mother, to the wild ‌next month in Argentina, where the ...

July 5, 2026 Researchers have identified a previously overlooked mechanism of brain cell death that appears to play a major role in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia. The finding could ...

Do you want to contribute solutions to environmental challenges such as climate change, biodiversity conservation, pollution, water use and land use? Environmental scientists advance our understanding ...

The relationships among people and animals are an integral part of our society, economy and culture. Animals provide us with food, clothing, recreation and companionship. Explore the biology of ...

No leader can succeed without mastering the art of persuasion. But there’s hard science in that skill, too, and a large body of psychological research suggests there are six basic laws of winning ...

The pictures, on the competition’s shortlist, reveal the remarkable celestial objects that lie above our heads, both in deep space and closer to home Scientists Say They’ve Made Cells That Feed, Grow ...

National Academy of Sciences President Neil H. Shubin and National Academy of Medicine President Monica M. Bertagnolli begin their terms in office today. They join National Academy of Engineering ...

A refrigerator-size spacecraft will try to grab onto Swift and nudge it to a higher orbit, enabling it to continue observing powerful cosmic explosions. By Kenneth Chang The Vera C. Rubin Observatory ...

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Revelers typically mark Independence Day with a barbecue and fireworks show, but these festivities across the country offer quirky alternatives America at 250: The Revolutionary Spark When Clarence ...

Physical sciences are those academic disciplines that aim to uncover the underlying laws of nature - often written in the language of mathematics. It is a collective term for areas of study including ...