Scientists solved the 70-year-old mystery of an insect's invisibility coat that can manipulate light

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A side-by-side with a photo of a leafhopper on the left and black-and-white image of brochosomes on the right.
Leafhoppers (left) are a common backyard insect that secrete amazingly complex nanoparticles called brochosomes (right).

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A 13-year-old girl helped unearth an ancient Roman town. She's finally getting credit for it over 90 years later.

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A girl in a plaid dress and braids excavated an Ancient Roman town in the 1930s
At 13, Helen Carlton-Smith took part in excavating Verulamium and kept a diary of the dig.

Photographs from the Verulamium Excavations of the 1930s ©St Albans Museums

Researchers used the world's most powerful MRI to get brain scans that are 10 times as detailed as a hospital MRI — take a look

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The 11.7 Tesla Iseult is currently the most powerful MRI machine in the world.

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Hazardous 'forever chemicals' in water, food, and air won't disappear with new EPA rules. But 6 simple tactics can reduce your exposure at home.

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A child drinks bottled water in Reynosa, Mexico.

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Hazardous 'forever chemicals' stay in your blood for years, longer than lead or arsenic. It still helps to cut them out.

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Empty bottles are stacked in a row. Cleaning of plastics in the production of pure water. Background from blue bottles with backlight. Environmental problem due to plastic in everyday life

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Your drinking water could contain fewer hazardous 'forever chemicals' under new federal rules

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The EPA finalized the first-ever limits on PFAS, or "forever chemicals," in drinking water.

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Hundreds of couples got married during the solar eclipse. Photos show mass weddings featuring moon-themed cakes and protective glasses.

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A bride and groom watch the solar eclipse
Lori Lycans and Tom Wissinger watch the eclipse at "Elope at the Eclipse" in Tiffin, Ohio, before getting married during totality.

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I watched the total solar eclipse in a city that doubled in size during the event. I don't regret it.

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On the left, Burlington's Waterfront Park mostly empty. On the right, the same park is packed with people for the April 8 eclipse.
Burlington's Waterfront Park on a typical day (left) versus the day of the total solar eclipse (right).

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An expert who has seen 30 solar eclipses made my first experience with one breathtaking

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The solar eclipse viewed from Indiana in 2024
The April 8 total solar eclipse as seen from Bloomington, Indiana.

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Photos show 3 hidden gems you missed from the total solar eclipse

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The 2024 total solar eclipse viewed from Stowe, Vermont
The sun's plasma peeks out from behind the moon, making solar prominences visible as little pink protrusions during the total solar eclipse, in Stowe, Vermont.

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