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Have you ever wondered what makes shark skin so tough and sleek? It's dermal denticles – tiny, tooth-like structures that cover a shark's skin. Made ...

All three winners of today’s 2025 Nobel Prize in physics are faculty at the University of California. The Nobel Prize committee honored John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis “for the ...

A U.S. government shutdown has furloughed over 15,000 nonessential NASA employees. Essential operations, including support for the International Space Station and Artemis moon missions, will continue.

The Israeli prime minister said he hoped to finalize a deal to exchange hostages for prisoners “in the coming days,” but Hamas has not said if it will disarm. Aaron Boxerman Natan Odenheimer and Adam ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Hamas said it would release hostages under the ‘formula’ set out in President Trump’s plan, which had called for ...

Officials have issued a flash flood warning Saturday for portions of Los Angeles and Riverside counties, including areas impacted by the Bridge Fire burn scar. The National Weather Service is urging ...

Hurricane Humberto continues to churn in the western Atlantic as a major Category 4 storm, while Tropical Depression Nine has strengthened into Tropical Storm Imelda, threatening the Bahamas and ...

A disorganized tropical disturbance in the central Atlantic Ocean has become better organized and has developed into Tropical Storm Humberto. At the same time, another tropical disturbance — which is ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Humans have been trying to replace ailing parts of our bodies for thousands of years, turning to prosthetic limbs, ...

One of the largest measles outbreaks in the U.S. is now centered in bordering areas of southwestern Utah and Arizona. In Southwest Utah, all but one of the 27 confirmed cases are among unvaccinated, ...