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Want to plant trees to offset fossil fuels? You’d need all of North and Central America, study finds

Early humans survived in a range of extreme environments before global migration, study says

Government says Harvard researcher accused of smuggling frog embryos brought ‘biological materials’

The US plans to open a fly factory in Texas as part of its fight against a flesh-eating parasite

Meet the bug that uses the stars to navigate hundreds of miles

This photo of the nearby Sculptor galaxy spans 65,000 light years

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Volcanic eruption in Indonesia forces evacuations and flight cancelations

Brazil auctions off several Amazon oil sites despite environmentalists and Indigenous protests

Judge rules some NIH grant cuts illegal, saying he’s never seen such discrimination in 40 years

A look at the first artificial solar eclipses created by two European satellites

Space station leak concerns will delay visit by astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary

Ping, ping ping. Here’s what it’s like to drive into a big hailstorm in the name of science

A grassland bird eavesdrops on prairie dog calls to keep itself safe from predators

Trump EPA moves to repeal climate rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from US power plants

When a fox says ‘help’ in London, there’s often an ambulance on its way

Emperor penguins show dramatic decline in one region of Antarctica, satellite photos show

NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump’s deep cuts in public health research

Get ready for June’s strawberry moon

Mars volcano that dwarfs Earth’s tallest ones seen in new image

UN Ocean Conference sets sail off France on World Oceans Day

Fungus modified with spider, scorpion venom may be key to stopping disease-spreading mosquitoes

Robots roam the floor among racing drones at this AI expo in Downtown DC

After 31 years, mystery of missing Fairfax County man’s whereabouts solved

How to — maybe — catch a glimpse of the northern lights this week