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Ground-penetrating radar detects artificial structures at Turkey's alleged Noah's Ark site, revealing corridors and chambers ...

A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...

In 2021, a curious discovery pushed penguins into an unexpected corner of science. Researchers studying chemical signatures ...

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The astrophysicist was one of the first researchers to bring astronomy closer to the general public and to advocate the ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists have taken one more step down the very long road to time travel. A new paper combines the Alcubierre “warp” drive with the idea of ...

Republicans and Democrats agree that it’s important the U.S. is a world leader in science, but sharply diverge on how the U.S ...

Biologists studying an Australian lizard observed something no one had ever documented in a vertebrate before. A single female produced offspring through two different reproductive methods during the ...

At the center of our galaxy, there's a mysterious, diffuse glow given off by gamma rays — powerful radiation usually emitted by high-energy objects such as rapidly rotating or exploding stars.NASA's ...

A new report finds that a majority of Americans think the U.S. should be a world leader in science, but Democrats ...