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COVID-19 Vaccine Makers Are Looking Beyond the Spike Protein
It’s time for more weapons in the shots-versus-virus arms race.
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The Never-Aging Ants With a Terrible Secret
A parasite gives its hosts the appearance of youth, and an unmatched social power in the colony.
The Body’s Most Embarrassing Organ Is an Evolutionary Marvel
And yet we have very little idea where anuses come from.
The New ‘Right Stuff’ Is Money and Luck
Rich people are heading to space, and they’re changing what it means to be an astronaut.
How to Poison Feral Hogs (And Only Feral Hogs)
The animals are so destructive that they cost the United States billions every year, but actually doing something about it isn’t so simple.
The Surprise Hiding in the DNA of Pet Fish
Domesticated betta fish have evolved a sex gene not found in wild fish of their species.
Pay No Attention to That Cat Inside a Box
Seriously, stop it.
2050 Is Closer Than 1990
A pair of new studies on sea-level rise show that a crucial climate clock is ticking now.
A Milwaukee Suburb Is Full of Ultrarare Fossils
Ancient crustacean guts are miraculously preserved in a Waukesha quarry.
How Bowhead Whales Live for 200 Years
Size isn’t everything.