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A 185-milligram robot flies freely without a transmission, powering its cone-shaped wings with an electrostrictive actuator. It also stands up to crushing impacts. Learn more in Science Robotics:

A 185-milligram robot flies freely without a transmission, powering its cone-shaped wings with an electrostrictive actuator. It also stands up to crushing impacts. Learn more in Science Robotics:

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Lab-kept bumble bees roll small wooden balls around for no apparent purpose other than fun, a 2022 study revealed. Learn more on #WorldBeeDay:

Lab-kept bumble bees roll small wooden balls around for no apparent purpose other than fun, a 2022 study revealed. Learn more on #WorldBeeDay:

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A new Spinosaurus species uncovered in northern Niger appears to have been a wading predator of fish like its close relatives, but it lived as many as 1000 kilometers inland from the Tethys Sea. The fossil find may represent a third phase of evolution for this group of massive, fish-eating dinosaurs. Learn more this week in Science:

A new Spinosaurus species uncovered in northern Niger appears to have been a wading predator of fish like its close relatives, but it lived as many as 1000 kilometers inland from the Tethys Sea. The fossil find may represent a third phase of evolution for this group of massive, fish-eating dinosaurs. Learn more this week in Science:

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Controlled via a Bluetooth finger patch, BeetleBot, a beetle-inspired soft robot, can perform various locomotive tasks and provide visual and sensory feedback for potential applications from biomedical assistance to environment exploration. Learn more in Science Advances:

Controlled via a Bluetooth finger patch, BeetleBot, a beetle-inspired soft robot, can perform various locomotive tasks and provide visual and sensory feedback for potential applications from biomedical assistance to environment exploration. Learn more in Science Advances:

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These blood-sucking arachnids can’t leap, but it turns out they can fly. Their secret? Static electricity. Learn more: #ScienceMagArchives

These blood-sucking arachnids can’t leap, but it turns out they can fly. Their secret? Static electricity. Learn more: #ScienceMagArchives

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Neutrophils remodel their actin cytoskeleton rapidly as they navigate narrow capillaries of varying sizes, enabling them to squeeze through without causing blockages. Learn more in Science Immunology:

Neutrophils remodel their actin cytoskeleton rapidly as they navigate narrow capillaries of varying sizes, enabling them to squeeze through without causing blockages. Learn more in Science Immunology:

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A new Science Robotics study highlights a reinforcement learning-based, zero-shot approach that uses motion capture and animation to train humanoid and four-legged robots to perform acrobatics.

A new Science Robotics study highlights a reinforcement learning-based, zero-shot approach that uses motion capture and animation to train humanoid and four-legged robots to perform acrobatics.

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Researchers have developed a #DeepLearning system called BioEmu that rapidly generates diverse protein conformations, enabling fast, accurate insights into protein flexibility and function. Learn more this week in Science:

Researchers have developed a #DeepLearning system called BioEmu that rapidly generates diverse protein conformations, enabling fast, accurate insights into protein flexibility and function. Learn more this week in Science:

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A new Science Robotics study highlights a reinforcement learning–based framework that integrates perceptual uncertainty into policy learning to equip humanoid robots with reactive soccer skills and dynamic behaviors.

A new Science Robotics study highlights a reinforcement learning–based framework that integrates perceptual uncertainty into policy learning to equip humanoid robots with reactive soccer skills and dynamic behaviors.

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In mitochondria, respiratory supercomplexes (blue) pump protons across crista membranes to create an electrochemical gradient, fueling adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthase (pink) to regenerate ATP—the energy currency of life. Now, cryo–electron tomography captures these supercomplexes in their native organization, illuminating how the coordinated action of these molecular machines drives life’s fundamental energy conversion. Learn more this week in Science:

In mitochondria, respiratory supercomplexes (blue) pump protons across crista membranes to create an electrochemical gradient, fueling adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthase (pink) to regenerate ATP—the energy currency of life. Now, cryo–electron tomography captures these supercomplexes in their native organization, illuminating how the coordinated action of these molecular machines drives life’s fundamental energy conversion. Learn more this week in Science:

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Cells are particularly good at solving mazes, according to a 2020 Science study that demonstrates how they are able to navigate long and complicated routes through the body using self-generated chemoattractant gradients. Learn more: #ScienceMagArchives

Cells are particularly good at solving mazes, according to a 2020 Science study that demonstrates how they are able to navigate long and complicated routes through the body using self-generated chemoattractant gradients. Learn more: #ScienceMagArchives

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Strands of DNA-like thread coil, loop, and spill upward, evoking the genome's dynamic three-dimensional architecture within the nucleus of a living cell. This special issue, with papers in Science and Science Advances, features single-cell and multiomic studies from the National Institutes of Health Common Fund's 4D Nucleome Program, which examines a fourth dimension of nuclear organization—how this folded structure shapes cell identity, shifts across development and aging, and goes awry in disease. Learn more:

Strands of DNA-like thread coil, loop, and spill upward, evoking the genome's dynamic three-dimensional architecture within the nucleus of a living cell. This special issue, with papers in Science and Science Advances, features single-cell and multiomic studies from the National Institutes of Health Common Fund's 4D Nucleome Program, which examines a fourth dimension of nuclear organization—how this folded structure shapes cell identity, shifts across development and aging, and goes awry in disease. Learn more:

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This week in Science, researchers delve into the #mathematics that shapes growing rose petals. 🌹 Explore our latest issue—featuring a new print design:

This week in Science, researchers delve into the #mathematics that shapes growing rose petals. 🌹 Explore our latest issue—featuring a new print design:

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Our 1 May 2025 issue introduces a print redesign—the magazine’s first redesign in 11 years. Developed entirely in-house, this project brought together our staff’s editorial and design expertise. (THREAD 🧵)

Our 1 May 2025 issue introduces a print redesign—the magazine’s first redesign in 11 years. Developed entirely in-house, this project brought together our staff’s editorial and design expertise. (THREAD 🧵)

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The tiny predator Lacrymaria olor owes its shape-shifting ability to an “origami-like” cellular architecture, a new Science study finds. The results offer a glimpse into geometrical control of behavior in single cells. Learn more in this week's issue:

The tiny predator Lacrymaria olor owes its shape-shifting ability to an “origami-like” cellular architecture, a new Science study finds. The results offer a glimpse into geometrical control of behavior in single cells. Learn more in this week's issue:

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Like a stadium full of sports fans doing the wave, neurons coordinate their electrical signals in rhythmic patterns that sweep across the cortex, the brain’s outermost layer. Recent studies in humans and animals have shown these patterns, called traveling waves, can take on complex shapes, among them a rotating spiral that has been observed during deep sleep, memory retrieval, and other brain processes. A new study has now captured the fast-spinning waves spanning whole brains, offering clues to how they’re organized and what they might do. Learn more: News from Science

Like a stadium full of sports fans doing the wave, neurons coordinate their electrical signals in rhythmic patterns that sweep across the cortex, the brain’s outermost layer. Recent studies in humans and animals have shown these patterns, called traveling waves, can take on complex shapes, among them a rotating spiral that has been observed during deep sleep, memory retrieval, and other brain processes. A new study has now captured the fast-spinning waves spanning whole brains, offering clues to how they’re organized and what they might do. Learn more: News from Science

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If the promise of a tasty meal makes you want to jump for joy, you may relate to the loggerhead turtle. These animals have an uncontrollable urge to dance whenever they anticipate food—a trait scientists used to test whether the reptiles can memorize their favorite feeding sites based on Earth’s magnetic fields. Learn more on #WorldTurtleDay:

If the promise of a tasty meal makes you want to jump for joy, you may relate to the loggerhead turtle. These animals have an uncontrollable urge to dance whenever they anticipate food—a trait scientists used to test whether the reptiles can memorize their favorite feeding sites based on Earth’s magnetic fields. Learn more on #WorldTurtleDay:

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Researchers have genetically altered a mouse to express traits reminiscent of the long-extinct woolly mammoth, including a long, coarsely textured coat, to create the woolly mouse. News from Science

Researchers have genetically altered a mouse to express traits reminiscent of the long-extinct woolly mammoth, including a long, coarsely textured coat, to create the woolly mouse. News from Science

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The better humans have gotten at making plastic, the more challenging it has been to unmake it—especially the pieces too small to see. Long after plastic bottles and bags break down, they keep fragmenting into particles so tiny, conventional filtration can’t touch them. They drift through treatment plants and into waterways unimpeded. There, they enter the food chain, and ultimately the body, where they have been found in human organs and are increasingly linked to various diseases such as cancer. Enter nanobots. In a new study, researchers show that tiny magnetic machines made of cagelike materials can tumble through water, sweeping up nanoplastics via the same electrostatic attraction that makes a balloon cling to your hair. Learn more: News from Science

The better humans have gotten at making plastic, the more challenging it has been to unmake it—especially the pieces too small to see. Long after plastic bottles and bags break down, they keep fragmenting into particles so tiny, conventional filtration can’t touch them. They drift through treatment plants and into waterways unimpeded. There, they enter the food chain, and ultimately the body, where they have been found in human organs and are increasingly linked to various diseases such as cancer. Enter nanobots. In a new study, researchers show that tiny magnetic machines made of cagelike materials can tumble through water, sweeping up nanoplastics via the same electrostatic attraction that makes a balloon cling to your hair. Learn more: News from Science

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A new Science Robotics study highlights exoskeletons that allow physical therapists and patients recovering from stroke to “feel” each other’s movements as they walk on separate treadmills, enabling nuanced gait correction.

A new Science Robotics study highlights exoskeletons that allow physical therapists and patients recovering from stroke to “feel” each other’s movements as they walk on separate treadmills, enabling nuanced gait correction.

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Honey bees inject venom with a two-stroke stinger. Learn more: News from Science

Honey bees inject venom with a two-stroke stinger. Learn more: News from Science

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Researchers have designed a robot that can create and cook a cake with up to seven ingredients, more than any other printed food to date. Learn more: News from Science

Researchers have designed a robot that can create and cook a cake with up to seven ingredients, more than any other printed food to date. Learn more: News from Science

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Head-banging bumble bees bite flowers to shake loose more pollen. Learn more: #ScienceMagArchives

Head-banging bumble bees bite flowers to shake loose more pollen. Learn more: #ScienceMagArchives

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Buried in a museum drawer for nearly 50 years, a fist-size fossil has handed paleontologists the evidence they’d been hunting for: unmistakable claws on one of the oldest known relatives of spiders and scorpions. Learn more on #NationalFossilDay:

Buried in a museum drawer for nearly 50 years, a fist-size fossil has handed paleontologists the evidence they’d been hunting for: unmistakable claws on one of the oldest known relatives of spiders and scorpions. Learn more on #NationalFossilDay:

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This dolphin chased a fish until it puked—then ate the vomit. The surprising behavior, known as kleptoparasitism, marks one of the few well-documented examples of a cetacean stealing food. Learn more: News from Science

This dolphin chased a fish until it puked—then ate the vomit. The surprising behavior, known as kleptoparasitism, marks one of the few well-documented examples of a cetacean stealing food. Learn more: News from Science

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This twice-a-year shot called lenacapavir could end the HIV epidemic—but supply is falling far short. Learn more: News from Science

This twice-a-year shot called lenacapavir could end the HIV epidemic—but supply is falling far short. Learn more: News from Science

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A speck in a dish—that’s all the nervous system of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster looks like to the naked eye. But look closely enough, and it resolves into a network of 166,700 nerve cells connected through 124.2 million synapses. The intricate map—called a connectome—has now been published, marking the end of an ambitious 20-year research project. Learn more: News from Science

A speck in a dish—that’s all the nervous system of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster looks like to the naked eye. But look closely enough, and it resolves into a network of 166,700 nerve cells connected through 124.2 million synapses. The intricate map—called a connectome—has now been published, marking the end of an ambitious 20-year research project. Learn more: News from Science

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In July 2023, researchers on a whale watching expedition in the Caribbean Sea encountered an unusual scene: 11 sperm whales clustered tightly at the water’s surface. The animals began to inch closer and closer together in the waters off the island of Dominica, with their attention turned to one individual, until a burst of blood tinted the water. At first, the scientists—part of Project CETI, a nonprofit that studies how sperm whales interact—thought the animal had been attacked. But then they saw a tiny tail pop out of the water. The researchers quickly realized they had in fact observed a group of whales helping a calf take its first breath. Even more fortuitous, they had captured it on video from a drone. Read more: News from Science

In July 2023, researchers on a whale watching expedition in the Caribbean Sea encountered an unusual scene: 11 sperm whales clustered tightly at the water’s surface. The animals began to inch closer and closer together in the waters off the island of Dominica, with their attention turned to one individual, until a burst of blood tinted the water. At first, the scientists—part of Project CETI, a nonprofit that studies how sperm whales interact—thought the animal had been attacked. But then they saw a tiny tail pop out of the water. The researchers quickly realized they had in fact observed a group of whales helping a calf take its first breath. Even more fortuitous, they had captured it on video from a drone. Read more: News from Science

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A tiny fly larva living in one of Africa's deepest lakes has evolved air-filled organs strong enough to withstand pressures found more than 200 meters underwater, according to a new Science study. The findings challenge a long-standing explanation for why insects have never colonized the open ocean.

A tiny fly larva living in one of Africa's deepest lakes has evolved air-filled organs strong enough to withstand pressures found more than 200 meters underwater, according to a new Science study. The findings challenge a long-standing explanation for why insects have never colonized the open ocean.

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Carnivorous sundew plants know they’ve trapped their dinner thanks to glutathione. Learn more in Science Advances:

Carnivorous sundew plants know they’ve trapped their dinner thanks to glutathione. Learn more in Science Advances:

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A new Science Robotics study involving a child-sized humanoid robot suggests that the interplay between prediction and curiosity shapes how infants learn how their movements can impact their surroundings.

A new Science Robotics study involving a child-sized humanoid robot suggests that the interplay between prediction and curiosity shapes how infants learn how their movements can impact their surroundings.

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This is what a Jurassic forest may have sounded like. By combining exquisitely preserved fossil wings with experiments on living insects, computer simulations, and machine learning, scientists have re-created what they say is a partial Middle Jurassic soundscape. If the reconstruction is correct, one of the insect calls would be the oldest known evidence of ultrasonic communication in animals—long before echolocating bats appeared. Learn more: News from Science

This is what a Jurassic forest may have sounded like. By combining exquisitely preserved fossil wings with experiments on living insects, computer simulations, and machine learning, scientists have re-created what they say is a partial Middle Jurassic soundscape. If the reconstruction is correct, one of the insect calls would be the oldest known evidence of ultrasonic communication in animals—long before echolocating bats appeared. Learn more: News from Science

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In the latest #SciencePodcast🎙️, journalist Jennie Erin Smith dives into new research on how noninvasive technologies such as transcranial magnetic stimulation are being used in the context of women’s health to tackle everything from postpartum depression to menstrual pain and fertility issues. 🎧 Listen here:

In the latest #SciencePodcast🎙️, journalist Jennie Erin Smith dives into new research on how noninvasive technologies such as transcranial magnetic stimulation are being used in the context of women’s health to tackle everything from postpartum depression to menstrual pain and fertility issues. 🎧 Listen here:

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Cannibalism is common among insects, but so-called killer flies take it to another level. Small and extremely fast, these predatory insects view any airborne moving object as a potential target—including when that object is another killer fly. This behavior makes mating dangerous: Males risk becoming lunch if they try to make contact with a female or even fly near her. New research finds one way males avoid this fate: by approaching females in a winding, unpredictable flight pattern and then repeatedly dodging as she launches her attack. Learn more: News from Science

Cannibalism is common among insects, but so-called killer flies take it to another level. Small and extremely fast, these predatory insects view any airborne moving object as a potential target—including when that object is another killer fly. This behavior makes mating dangerous: Males risk becoming lunch if they try to make contact with a female or even fly near her. New research finds one way males avoid this fate: by approaching females in a winding, unpredictable flight pattern and then repeatedly dodging as she launches her attack. Learn more: News from Science

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A new analysis in Science of more than 116,000 bird songs has revealed that the astonishing variety of passerine birdsong is built from just eight basic acoustic motifs, like trills, whistles, and harmonic notes. The findings also reveal that local environments greatly shape how birds communicate around the world. Learn more:

A new analysis in Science of more than 116,000 bird songs has revealed that the astonishing variety of passerine birdsong is built from just eight basic acoustic motifs, like trills, whistles, and harmonic notes. The findings also reveal that local environments greatly shape how birds communicate around the world. Learn more:

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When cells grow together, they often align with their neighbors, forming liquid crystal-like patterns known as “nematic order.” But that order isn’t perfect, and at certain points, the alignment can break down, creating “topological defects”: small regions where cells swirl or fan out instead of lining up cleanly. And according to research published in Science, what looks like a defect can be used strategically as built-in instructions for shaping larger structures. Instead of growing upward, cells can store and release stress in certain places along a previously flat sheetlike structure, forming a bowl, a ridge, or a fold. Learn more:

When cells grow together, they often align with their neighbors, forming liquid crystal-like patterns known as “nematic order.” But that order isn’t perfect, and at certain points, the alignment can break down, creating “topological defects”: small regions where cells swirl or fan out instead of lining up cleanly. And according to research published in Science, what looks like a defect can be used strategically as built-in instructions for shaping larger structures. Instead of growing upward, cells can store and release stress in certain places along a previously flat sheetlike structure, forming a bowl, a ridge, or a fold. Learn more:

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In November 2024, environmental police in Rochedo, Brazil, stumbled on an unexpected sight: thousands of orange-and-black bumblebee catfish scaling the slippery rocks behind waterfalls on the Aquidauana River. A week later, a team of Brazilian scientists arrived to document the unprecedented event, detailing their findings in a 2025 study. These videos provide rare insight into the lives and migrations of these little-studied catfish. Learn more: #ScienceMagArchives

In November 2024, environmental police in Rochedo, Brazil, stumbled on an unexpected sight: thousands of orange-and-black bumblebee catfish scaling the slippery rocks behind waterfalls on the Aquidauana River. A week later, a team of Brazilian scientists arrived to document the unprecedented event, detailing their findings in a 2025 study. These videos provide rare insight into the lives and migrations of these little-studied catfish. Learn more: #ScienceMagArchives

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Tuna (or any seafood for that matter) is an odd favorite for cats—an animal that evolved in the desert. On #InternationalCatDay, explore the research that may give a biological explanation for this curious craving:

Tuna (or any seafood for that matter) is an odd favorite for cats—an animal that evolved in the desert. On #InternationalCatDay, explore the research that may give a biological explanation for this curious craving:

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This is what a Jurassic forest may have sounded like. By combining exquisitely preserved fossil wings with experiments on living insects, computer simulations, and machine learning, scientists have re-created what they say is a partial Middle Jurassic soundscape. If the reconstruction is correct, one of the insect calls would be the oldest known evidence of ultrasonic communication in animals—long before echolocating bats appeared. Learn more: News from Science

This is what a Jurassic forest may have sounded like. By combining exquisitely preserved fossil wings with experiments on living insects, computer simulations, and machine learning, scientists have re-created what they say is a partial Middle Jurassic soundscape. If the reconstruction is correct, one of the insect calls would be the oldest known evidence of ultrasonic communication in animals—long before echolocating bats appeared. Learn more: News from Science

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Museum curators faced with cleaning animal skeletons for display may soon turn to an unusual new tool: flesh-eating beetle larvae known as “superworms.” These superworms can clean up an animal carcass in a matter of hours or days while keeping the bones intact, researchers report. Learn more: News from Science

Museum curators faced with cleaning animal skeletons for display may soon turn to an unusual new tool: flesh-eating beetle larvae known as “superworms.” These superworms can clean up an animal carcass in a matter of hours or days while keeping the bones intact, researchers report. Learn more: News from Science

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