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Humans have evolved the ability to live anywhere on Earth, thanks to gradual changes to our biology and our knack for developing new technologies, like clothes and shelter. This adaptability is often touted as being unique to our species, Homo…

This week’s science news was packed with stories that highlighted humanity’s complex, often-fraught relationship with nature, with forecasters predicting the possible onset of a “super El Niño” this summer.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric…

Health officials in the U.K. are rushing to contain a deadly outbreak of a form of bacterial meningitis called by meningococcal meningitis launching a massive antibiotic and vaccination campaign for the thousands of people affected, many of whom…

Nitrogen is everywhere in Earth’s atmosphere, yet virtually no organism can use it directly. That job falls to enzymes called nitrogenases, which convert atmospheric nitrogen into forms that plants, animals, and microbes can actually…

A world, cold and alone, drifting through the inky blackness between star systems. Sounds pretty desolate, right? We’re talking about free-floating planets, those cosmic wanderers that don’t bother with orbiting a sun, just cruising solo…