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SEAN CUMMINGS

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a red squirrel on a city park bench

In medieval England, leprosy bounced between humans and squirrels

Science
May 2024

an adult Heliconius elevatus butterfly perches on a leaf in a forest

Striking Amazonian butterfly is result of ancient hybrid event

Science
Apr. 2024

misty Ozark mountains in Missouri

Satellite signals can measure a forest’s moisture—and its ability to survive

Science
Apr. 2024

a protestor against banning TikTok holds a sign outside the US capitol

Possible TikTok ban has U.S. science communicators on edge

Science
March 2024

an American flag flies reflected in a window, with the U.S. capitol in the background

Congress is using more science, but the two parties rarely cite the same studies

Science
March 2024

Weliton Menário Costa and friends dance in an Australian grassland

‘Kangaroo Time’ hops into top spot of Science’s latest ‘Dance Your Ph.D.’ contest

Science
Feb. 2024

Danielle Wood speaking at the 2024 AAAS Annual Meeting

How space science can serve all: a conversation with Dr. Danielle Wood (audio)

Science
Feb. 2024

gorillas playing

‘Tag!’ Other great apes share our affinity for playful teasing

Science
Feb. 2024

an adult female lion walking through tall grass

How ants thwarted lions on the African savanna

Science
Jan. 2024

a male dusky antechinus on a patch of forest floor

With just weeks to live, these marsupials prioritize sex over sleep

Science
Jan. 2024

a hammerhead shark caught in a gillnet

Shark kills rise to more than 100 million per year—despite antifinning laws

Science
Jan. 2024

Associate Professor Marco Pavone and PhD student Stephanie Newdick holding a prototype of a gripper robot

The limitations of being human got you down? There’s a robot for that

Stanford News
Dec. 2023

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