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Science word of the day: CryptologyPronunciation: Krip-TAH’-leh-jeeWhat it means: Cryptology is the study of secret codes — both making them (cryptography) and breaking them (cryptanalysis). Once…
QUICK FACTSWhere is it? Lake Skadar, Montenegro and Albania [42.201087364, 19.303135741]What’s in the photo? A giant, milky-green swirl on the lake’s surfaceWho took the photo? An…
A common culprit behind severe gum disease may also stiffen and narrow the heart’s aortic valve, preliminary research suggests. This may help explain links between gum…
After using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to peer back toward the beginning of time, astronomers have proposed a radical new explanation for one of…
It’s long been debated what started the 1789 smallpox outbreak that devastated the Indigenous population in Australia. Now, a new modeling study has the likely answer:…
The skeleton of a wolf or bat you admire at the natural history museum may look pristine, but it wasn’t always that way — there’s a…
QUICK FACTSName: Mummy mask with wigWhat it is: A carved wooden maskWhere it is from: PeruWhen it was made: Circa 1000 to 1450This wooden mask, which…
Science word of the day: HeliospherePronunciation: HEE’-lee-uhs-feerWhat it means: The heliosphere is the region around the sun that’s affected by the solar wind, a flow of…
In the weeks around the 2026 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, my phone kept buzzing with alerts about GLP-1 drugs and cancer.…
Astronomers have found the strongest evidence yet that a rocky planet beyond our solar system has managed to hold onto an atmosphere — a crucial ingredient…
