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A New Discovery Might Have Just Rewritten Human History
Long before modern supply chains, ancient hominins were moving stone across long distances, potentially reshaping what we know about our evolutionary roots.
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Billions of Sea Stars Mysteriously Turned to Goo. Now We Know Why.
Scientists have discovered the culprit behind sea star wasting disease, the most devastating marine epidemic on record.
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Million-Year-Old Evidence of Epic Journey Near ‘Hobbit’ Island Discovered by Scientists
Stone tools found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi reveal a long-lost population of human relatives; their identity, and how they crossed the sea, is a mystery.
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Scientists Detect Unprecedented Energy ‘Tidal Wave’ from the Sun
The afterlife of Puerto Rico’s Arecibo telescope continues with the detection of a powerful “tidal wave” from the Sun.
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New Deep Sea Creatures ‘Challenge Current Models of Life,’ Scientists Say
Scientists have discovered chemosynthetic animals, which don’t rely on the Sun to live, nearly six miles under the ocean surface—deeper than any found to date.
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Scientists Report Surreal Scenes In the World’s Most Northern Town
Researchers witnessing warming in Svalbard worry that “we have been too cautious” with climate warnings.
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Humans Have Shifted Earth's Rotation, Scientists Discover. Here's How.
Over the past few centuries, dams have pulled the poles a few feet off of Earth’s rotational axis.
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Scientists Discover New World In Our Solar System: ‘Ammonite’
Meet Ammonite, a tiny weird iceball that casts doubt on the Planet Nine hypothesis.
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The 800-Year-Old Mystery of a Lost Medieval Legend Is Solved, Researchers Say
The Song of Wade was a popular legend that survives in only one enigmatic text. Now, researchers think they have solved a longstanding puzzle about its meaning.
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Trump’s NASA Cuts Would Hurt America for a Long, Long Time
Scientists warn that “the cuts would prevent the US from training and preparing the next generation of the scientific and technical workforce.”
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Our Galaxy May Contain a Mysterious Force. It Could Change Physics Forever.
“If such a force is observed, it would be an incredible breakthrough in physics,” said one researcher.
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Killer Whales Make Their Own Tools, Scientists Discover
It’s the first observed instance of a marine mammal manufacturing tools.