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Maya Wei-Haas

Revel in the tiny marvels seen through a microscope

14 September 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas

Mars rover grabs first rock sample, a major step in hunt for alien life

7 September 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas

Fossilised egg from prehistoric giant turtle reveals baby inside

19 August 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas

NASA’s first Mars sample appears to have crumbled to bits

17 August 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas

Here’s what makes earthquakes so devastating in Haiti

15 August 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas

Biggest U.S. earthquake in more than 50 years strikes Alaska—here’s what we can learn

30 July 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas

890-million-year-old sponge fossil may be the earliest animal yet found

29 July 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas

Chunk of an ancient supercontinent discovered under New Zealand

22 July 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas

‘Dragon Man’ skull may be new species, shaking up human family tree

28 June 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas

Earth has lost and gained many oceans. Here's where a new one might appear next.

9 June 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas

An earthquake lasted 32 years, and scientists want to know how

1 June 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas

The Himalaya ‘breathes,’ with mountains growing and shrinking in cycles

13 May 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas

Rare chunks of Earth’s mantle found exposed in Maryland

28 April 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas

Human screams can convey at least six emotions

21 April 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas

3 Years on Mars! Curiosity Rover's Amazing Journey in Pictures

19 February 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas

Earth’s mountains may have mysteriously stopped growing for a billion years

12 February 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas

The coronavirus is mutating—but what determines how quickly?

5 February 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas

Why some coronavirus variants are more contagious—and how we can stop them

28 January 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas

We need better face masks—and origami might help

21 January 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas

This 45,500-year-old pig painting is the world’s oldest animal art

15 January 2021. By Maya Wei-Haas