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A visitor looks at the work 'The Starry Night' by artist Vincent van Gogh at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City, USA, 08 March 2014. Photo: Felix Hoerhager/dpa | usage worldwide   (Photo by Felix Hörhager/picture alliance via Getty Images)
IF THE STARS ALIGN

New Study Reveals True Inspiration for Iconic Painting

The painting is among the most recognizable in art history.

Evgenia Anastasakos

Enriched from above: The cool white dwarf WDJ1330+6435 has accreted sodium-rich rocky material from its planetary system into its atmosphere. The immense atmospheric density causes the sodium to absorb light over broad range of yellow, orange, and red wavelengths, giving the WDJ1330+6435 a ghostly green appearance. Credit: Mark A Garlick/University of Warwick
GLOW-UP

Astronomers Find the Universe’s First Ever Green Star

New research suggests that, if we looked at them up close, some stars would appear in shades of green, pink, cyan, yellow, and purple.

Evgenia Anastasakos

Co-founder of Google and former President of Alphabet Sergey Brin and Donald Trump.
BACK UP NEEDED

Trump Sports Suspicious Bulge at Make-a-Wish Medal Ceremony

What is being stowed in the presidential caboose?

Vic Verbalaitis

Karl Deisseroth a co-winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, poses for a portrait at Deisseroth’s CNC Lab at Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California, U.S. August 10, 2021.
BRAINIAC

American Wins Nobel Prize for Controlling Brains With Light

Karl Deisseroth’s work was praised for helping map the brain “in a way that we could once only dream of.”

Ewan Palmer

A dog looks at the camera.
MAN’S BEST FRIEND

Scientists Make Shock Discovery About Dogs and Human Speech

Neuroscientists used an electroencephalogram to study how human and dog brains responded to speech.

Evgenia Anastasakos

Donald Trump, NIH photo illustration
WEIRD SCIENCE

Trump’s New Power Grab Revealed

The president is weighing a plan to give his administration greater control over billions of dollars in federal research funding.

Annabella Rosciglione

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A Leopardus tilcayo cat, a newly identified species through research led by National Geographic Explorer Paola Nogales Ascarrunz, walks at the Senda Verde animal refuge in the Yungas region, Bolivia, September 1, 2026.
CAT’S OUT

New Animal Species Found for First Time in 100 Years

The newly discovered tiger cat is native to Bolivia.

Lauren Hartley

A student holds the python class pet
JUSTICE FOR NANNER

Teacher Says 8-Foot Snake Blamed for School Fire Is Innocent

Life science teacher Brittany Jacobs says Nanner was simply trying to escape the fire, which had already started.

Tomas Thor

Anatomist Gunther von Hagens stands behind a full-body plastination at a permanent exhibition at the Altes Hallenbad in Heidelberg, Germany, 27 September 2017.
DESTINED FOR PLASTINATION

Anatomist Behind ‘Body Worlds’ Corpse Exhibition Dies at 81

Gunther von Hagens developed his technique of preserving and posing corpses starting in the 1970s.

Janna Brancolini

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ORCASTRATED CHAOS

Scientists Stunned by Orcas Making Prey Explode

The ramming “could have just been for fun,” a scientist said.

Martha McHardy

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HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT

Scientists Stumble on Historic Discovery in Forgotten Drawer

A nondescript fossil left forgotten in a drawer for 40 years has been identified as the first dinosaur bone ever discovered in Antarctica.

Martha McHardy

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