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Coral reef soundscapes could help researchers assess their overall health.

A new blood test for cancer, helpful cat parasites, and a new kind of wood in this week's news roundup.

Archaeoastronomers piece together how people understood the heavens thousands of years ago.

Here’s the long history of sex testing in elite sports like the Olympics and where the science really stands.

We cover extreme weather, cocaine sharks and komodo dragons with iron-tipped teeth in this week’s news roundup.

A group on the islands of Penghu is restoring ancient fishing weirs, hoping to preserve the sustainable fishing practice and attract ecotourism.

Advanced meditation is changing how we think about consciousness. Hear neuroscience researcher Matthew Sacchet explain his journey to studying what happens to the brain during a deeper engagement with meditation.

Windows devices go down, Twisters brings tornadoes to the big screen and COVID’s summer surge in this week’s news roundup.

The Seine will be the stage for the Paris 2024 Olympics’ Opening Ceremony—and for its marathon swimming events. But this urban waterway is challenging to keep clean.

Radiolab host Latif Nasser found and named a mysterious quasi-moon of Venus. Now you can help name one of Earth’s quasi-moons.

It’s been 55 years since the Apollo 11 mission, innovative ​​“stillsuits” designed to recycle astronaut pee could enhance spacewalks, and a surprising case of the plague has occurred in Colorado.

Researchers on a multimonth Antarctic expedition describe how the climate crisis intertwines with their work.