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As it races to develop its new massive rocket, the space launch company is preparing to retire NASA's main ride to the International Space Station.

The regular news roundup with NPR's science podcast Short Wave covers a possible use for AI in emergency rooms, a distant planet and the link between cybersecurity and Daylight Saving Time.

For more than 60 years, researchers at UVA have identified children who, from the time they were toddlers, said they had been been someone else.

Scientists have studied plenty of dinosaur bones, eggs and footprints. Now, some think they've found their strongest evidence yet of dinosaur blood.

Brain scientists set up "gladiator style" cage matches for mice — and found that simply observing fighting matches can rewire a mouse's brain to resemble those who actually fought.

Health clinics and organizations advocating for poor and working-class Nebraskans say the rollout of Medicaid work requirements has been rife with problems.

NASA needs more recruits in order to return to the moon after being gone more than half a century.

From Arctic landscapes to insect bodies, climate change is shifting the familiar colors of nature.

Robots used during search and rescue operations need to be able to wriggle through narrow cracks and crevices. Researchers have turned to a natural contortionist for inspiration — the octopus.

Every cell in our bodies produces waste, and our bodies need to clear out that metabolic garbage to stay healthy.