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A robot explores the dark, cold, deep sea floor of the South Atlantic, transmitting images of vibrant coral and fish never ...

The Greek poet Crinagoras of Mytilene (1st century BC–1st century AD) once addressed a little poem to an earthquake. He asked ...

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This image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope revisits one of the most iconic regions of the sky, the Hubble ...

The DNA of nearly all life on Earth contains many redundancies, and scientists have long wondered whether these redundancies ...

Could detecting static electricity be a factor in explaining why treehopper insects have evolved such bizarre body shapes?

A new study uncovers revealing insights into how plastic materials used in electronics are formed, and how hidden flaws in ...

This week, researchers at the University of Albany reported an extreme size difference between early human males and females, ...

SpaceX delivered a fresh crew to the International Space Station on Saturday, making the trip in a quick 15 hours.