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A study of postmortem brains shows an increase in the abundance of microplastics and nanoplastics in brain tissue.

10 months ago sciencenews.org brain health

Earth’s first waterfowl may have lived in Antarctica 69 million years ago

10 months ago sciencenews.org antarctica earth paleontology

A cosmic neutrino of unknown origins smashes energy records

10 months ago sciencenews.org physics

Zebras and giraffes herding together boosts both species’ chances of survival, researchers report in American Naturalist

10 months ago sciencenews.org

The moon’s two grand canyons — formed 3.8 billion years ago — were carved out in less than 10 minutes by a hailstorm of rocks

10 months ago sciencenews.org astronomy

Scratching an itch can trigger more inflammation — but may also combat harmful bacteria

10 months ago sciencenews.org health

Cities that saw the biggest temperature rises over the years also had more rat complaints over time, researchers report in Science Advances

10 months ago sciencenews.org

Early human ancestors didn’t regularly eat meat | A meat-rich diet may have not emerged before the evolution of other groups like Homo

11 months ago sciencenews.org anthropology

Pluto may have captured its moon Charon in a “kiss-and-capture” collision

11 months ago sciencenews.org astronomy

Humans, not climate change, may have wiped out Australia’s giant kangaroos

11 months ago sciencenews.org australia paleontology