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When astronauts make the long journey to Mars in the not-so-distant future, communication with mission control will be ...

By examining squid skin cells three-dimensionally, a University of California, Irvine–led team has unveiled the structures ...

Scientists may have found a new way to detect some of the universe's most mysterious objects, primordial black holes (PBHs), ...

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What was life like some 8,000–9,000 years ago for the people on the East Mound at Çatalhöyük, an important Neolithic ...

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A new study challenges recent claims about dramatic "greening" in Antarctica and how this conflicts with decades of ...

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Parts of New Orleans and its surrounding wetlands are gradually sinking, and while most of the city remains stable, a new ...

In the outer reaches of our solar system, far beyond the orbit of Pluto, lies Sedna, one of the most mysterious objects ever ...