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Astronomy fans can zoom in practically forever into the stunning first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory ...

Thanks to new drone footage, killer whales have joined an exclusive club: the short list of animals that make and use tools.

For more than a century, cars have meant freedom, escape and self-reinvention to Americans. Now Tesla’s forthcoming Cybercab ...

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A Denisovan skull has been identified for the first time. The find was based on proteins and calcified dental plaque ...

Researchers bring a SETI approach to the question of what—if anything—humpbacks’ underwater smoke rings might be trying to ...

NOAA’s Hurricane Hunter airplane missions significantly increase the accuracy of hurricane forecasts, but President Trump’s ...

Food microbiologists explain how to ensure different proteins, such as beef, chicken and pork, are prepared safely ...

Gravitational assists are an emblematic example of why space travel is hard —it is exactly rocket science, after all. Gravity ...