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They Were Some of Earth’s Last Stable Glaciers. Now, They’re Melting.
Glaciers in Central Asia have remained intact even as other parts of the world have seen rapid glacial loss. A new study shows that may be changing.
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This Stunning Image of the Sun Could Unlock Mysterious Physics
The world’s best solar telescope snapped unprecedented shots of a solar flare, revealing new details of these mysterious explosions.
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Scientists Make Breakthrough in Solving the Mystery of Life’s Origin
For years, researchers have puzzled over how two ingredients for life first linked up on early Earth. Now, they’ve found the “missing link,” and demonstrated this reaction in the lab.
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Scientists Discovered Bats Group Hugging and It’s Adorable
Scientists filmed a bat family in their roost for months, capturing never-before-seen (and very cute) behaviors.
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A ‘Warp’ In Our Solar System Might Be an Undiscovered World: Planet Y
In addition to Planet Nine, the solar system may also contain a closer, smaller world that could be spotted soon, according to a new preprint study.
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A Strand of Hair Just Changed What We Know About the Inka Empire
A 500-year-old human hair in a rare khipu challenges the long-held idea that only elite men created these knotted records in the Inka empire.
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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.