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News in Brief Hippo poop cycles silicon through the East African environment May 01 2019 2:06 PM By chowing down on grass and then excreting into rivers and lakes, hippos play a big role in transporting a nutrient crucial to the food web. READ MORE

News Water has been found in the dust of an asteroid thought to be bone-dry May 01 2019 2:00 PM Scientists detected water in bits of an asteroid thought to be devoid of the liquid. Such space rocks might have helped create Earth's oceans. READ MORE

News A jawbone shows Denisovans lived on the Tibetan Plateau long before humans May 01 2019 1:00 PM A Denisovan jaw is the earliest evidence of hominids on the Tibetan Plateau, and the first fossil outside of Siberia from the mysterious human lineage. READ MORE

The Science Life How scientists traced a uranium cube to Nazi Germany's nuclear reactor program May 01 2019 3:00 AM New research suggests that the Nazis had enough uranium to make a working nuclear reactor. READ MORE   News Dry sand can bubble and swirl like a fluid Apr 30 2019 2:21 PM Put two types of sand grains together in a chamber, and they can flow like fluids under the right conditions. READ MORE   News Skepticism grows over whether the first known exomoon exists Apr 30 2019 12:30 PM New analyses of the data used to find the first discovered exomoon are reaching conflicting results. READ MORE   More Recent Headlines News A mysterious dementia that mimics Alzheimer's gets named LATE Apr 30 2019 12:00 PM An underappreciated form of dementia that causes memory trouble in older people gets a name: LATE. READ MORE   News in Brief Here's what causes the aurora-like glow known as STEVE Apr 30 2019 7:00 AM Amateur astronomer images and satellite data are revealing what causes the strange atmospheric glow called STEVE. READ MORE   News How holes in herd immunity led to a 25-year high in U.S. measles cases Apr 29 2019 4:04 PM U.S. measles cases have surged to 704. Outbreaks reveal pockets of vulnerability where too many unvaccinated people are helping the virus spread. READ MORE   Experiences A science-themed escape room gives the brain a workout Apr 29 2019 12:40 PM Quantum physicist Paul Kwiat reveals what it takes do well in LabEscape, his science-themed escape room. READ MORE   News How aphids sacrifice themselves to fix their homes with fatty goo Apr 29 2019 7:00 AM Young aphids swollen with fatty substances save their colony by self-sacrifice, using that goo to patch breaches in the wall of their tree home. READ MORE   News Why war's emotional wounds run deeper for some kids and not others Apr 28 2019 8:00 AM Researchers examine why war's emotional wounds run deep in some youngsters, not others. READ MORE   Transparency Project How we reported on the challenges of using ancestry tests to solve crimes Apr 26 2019 12:24 PM Here's how we found out what happened when an arrest was made in the Golden State Killer case that was tied to genetic testing. READ MORE   Transparency Project How we reported a controversial story about the day the dinosaurs died Apr 26 2019 12:24 PM Here's how we covered the story of new fossils found in the Tanis site in North Dakota, including the story's more controversial elements. READ MORE   Transparency Project Introducing the Transparency Project Apr 26 2019 12:23 PM The Transparency Project aims to be more open and accountable to readers by explaining key coverage decisions and showing how science journalism happens. READ MORE   News in Brief Pictures confirm Hayabusa2 made a crater in asteroid Ryugu Apr 26 2019 12:09 PM Hayabusa2's crater-blasting success, confirmed by an image beamed back from the spacecraft, paves the way to grab subsurface asteroid dust. READ MORE

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