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October 21, 2025

Anti-malaria funding cuts could lead to ‘deadliest resurgence ever’, study warns

Expected reduction in contributions by wealthy countries likely to cost millions of lives and billions in lost growthSlashed contributions from...

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October 20, 2025

Do animals fall for optical illusions? It’s complicated.

Guppies are highly susceptible to the Ebbinghaus illusion. Ring doves? Not so much. ...

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October 18, 2025

Lead poisoning has been a feature of our evolution

A recent study found lead in teeth from 2 million-year-old hominin fossils. ...

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October 17, 2025

NASA’s next Moonship reaches last stop before launch pad

Preparations for the Artemis II mission continue despite the federal government shutdown. ...

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October 17, 2025

Dead Ends is a fun, macabre medical history for kids

Ars chats with co-authors Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal about their delightful new children's book. ...

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October 17, 2025

SpaceX has plans to launch Falcon Heavy from California—if anyone wants it to

There's no big rush to bring SpaceX's Falcon Heavy to Vandenberg Space Force Base. ...

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October 16, 2025

Rice weevil on a grain of rice wins 2025 Nikon Small World contest

Nikon Small World photomicrography contest is an annual reminder that science can be beautiful as well as informative. ...

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October 14, 2025

SpaceX finally got exactly what it needed from Starship V2

This was the last flight of SpaceX's second-gen Starship design. Version 3 arrives next year. ...

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October 13, 2025

Albanese urged to ‘secure the future of science’ as CSIRO reckons with ongoing decline in funding

CEO Doug Hilton says the agency’s budget allocation ‘has not kept up with the cost of doing science’

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October 13, 2025

Starship’s elementary era ends today with mega-rocket’s 11th test flight

"The final phase of Starship’s trajectory on Flight 11 includes a dynamic banking maneuver." ...

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October 12, 2025

“Like putting on glasses for the first time”—how AI improves earthquake detection

AI is “comically good” at detecting small earthquakes - here’s why that matters. ...

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October 11, 2025

Rocket Report: Bezos’ firm will package satellites for launch; Starship on deck

The long, winding road for Franklin Chang-Diaz's plasma rocket engine takes another turn. ...

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