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One supermarket chain says it will give food away in an effort to reduce the amount of food it throws away.
April 15, 2025
One type of hummingbird chick looks a lot like a caterpillar, for a very good reason.
April 10, 2025
People are ringing a doorbell to open an underwater gate and let fish swim through. You can try it!
April 8, 2025
A high school student investigated whether laundry water could be reused—and won a science prize for it!
April 3, 2025
From a toothy snail to a guitar-shaped fish, here are some of the species scientists recently discovered.
April 1, 2025
The Vegetable Orchestra is a musical group in which vegetables are used as instruments.
March 27, 2025
A fisherman and his son found the remains of a canoe once used by ancient Polynesian people.
March 25, 2025
Zara Lachlan is the first woman to row solo from Europe to South America.
March 21, 2025
Hundreds of people took part in a snowball fight in Uonuma, Japan.
March 17, 2025
Plants normally make their own food. But scientists are using electricity to make the energy plants need to grow.
March 14, 2025
An artist built a little red house and launched it into space. If all goes as planned, the house will be placed on the Moon’s surface.
March 6, 2025
The satellite will orbit Earth for a total of six months.
March 2, 2025
Daisy Bates used her position as a newspaper owner and writer to highlight racial injustice.
February 26, 2025
Polar bears swim on the coldest of days. So why doesn’t their fur freeze? Scientists have the answer.
February 20, 2025