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In “The Glass Universe,” science writer Dava Sobel shines a light on the women at the Harvard Observatory who mapped the stars.

Male serotine bats have penises too large for penetration. To mate, the animals rub their genitals against each other, somewhat like birds’ cloacal kiss.

About 1 in 3 marine heat waves occur below the surface, a new study reports, suggesting these harmful events are more common than previously thought.

After 50 years, this landmark law has kept many species alive — but few wild populations have recovered enough to come off the “endangered” list.

A device that can be integrated into prosthetic hands capitalizes on phantom sensations to enable users to sense hot and cold.

New observations suggest that Japanese tits gesture to communicate complex messages — a rare ability in the animal kingdom and a first seen in birds.

Neuroendocrine cells can sense substances on the way to the lungs and prompt reactions such as coughing and swallowing, experiments in mice show.

After five months of glitching, the venerable space probe contacted Earth and is continuing its interstellar mission billions of kilometers away.

The new low-tech transportation method could help scientists in Africa assess if malaria-carrying mosquitoes are resistant to a common insecticide.