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Signs of water plumes spewing from Jupiter’s icy moon Europa have vanished in a hydrogen haze. An analysis of nearly a decade of Hubble Space Telescope observations of Europa shows no strong evidence ...

The South Pacific blast may have consumed its own methane — but using this idea against the greenhouse gas is controversial.

The new test may catch active tuberculosis in those with low access to health care or who have trouble making the phlegm ...

Scientists rethink their ideas after experiments. AI agents struggle to learn from evidence and recognize when an idea is ...

Andes hantavirus causes deadly lung failure, but its method of attack differs from other respiratory illnesses. The details ...

A global model suggests that climate change could make hailstones larger and more damaging in many regions, especially at mid ...

Scientists spotted patterns hours before a major solar flare, a discovery that could help forecast dangerous eruptions.

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Charles Quixote Choi is a freelance science journalist who has written for Science News, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Science, Nature, Scientific American and Popular ...