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And shifting battles with rats: New discoveries take flight during Bat Week

The remarkable accuracy behind the Maya people’s eclipse forecasts may have emerged from an astrological calendar system that could still hold true

A vulnerable moment for one of Earth’s most resilient creatures

Researchers are building equations for vegetation processes that might improve climate models

This ocean on a chip unlocks the mysteries of rogue waves, tsunamis, and other aquatic oddities

A 600-year-old temple was likely designed to amplify drum beats and music

Inside the massive, granite slab slumbering beneath the frozen continent

Slow-motion video reveals how these strikes could kill you, in surprisingly different ways

Perhaps intelligent life wasn’t so unlikely after all

On-demand sunlight could be a shady undertaking

Our early ancestors were more like vultures than we might like to think

A cosmic coincidence could give us an unprecedented look at a visitor from another solar system. If all goes well.