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Researchers have revealed that North American birds are declining at an accelerating rate in three regional hotspots associated with intense agriculture.

Columnist Natalie Wolchover explores whether applied category theory can be “green” math.

More than a century ago, the Chinese paleontologist and archaeologist Pei Wenzhong found an unusual trove in the same cave near Beijing where he found the skulls of the early hominin Peking Man. Along with the remains of a 700,000-year-old Homo erectus, Wenzhong unearthed a collection of 20 quartz c

Meet Tanyka amnicola, an ancient salamander ancestor with a jaw so strange it’s shaking up the history of evolution.

How award-winning scientist Meha Jain is using satellite data to help India's farmers adapt to climate change.

Tiny fossils discovered in Colorado challenge everything we knew about early primates.

Scientists have drilled 523 meters to uncover a stunning record of Earth’s past. What’s hidden in Antarctica's layers?

The portable computing powerhouse is capable of running 120-billion-parameter LLMs, roughly three times larger than GPT-3, without needing to access the internet or the cloud.

After millions of years, Little Foot’s face is finally visible. But what does it really tell us about where we come from?

Antarctica is covered by a miles-thick ice sheet, but was that always the case? And when was the coldest continent ice-free?

Lightweight, portable and sharp, the Hawke Endurance ED 8x25 proves compact binoculars can deliver big views without weighing you down.

Deep beneath a Chinese city, a colossal new machine is literally shrinking centuries of time into mere days.

From city skylines to remote dark skies, skywatchers worldwide captured the total lunar eclipse 2026 in all its crimson glory.

A doctor who had a genetic condition that prevents teeth from forming searched for the DNA mutation that had affected his family for over 150 years.

A large "space jellyfish" could be seen across Florida skies on Wednesday morning as SpaceX launched more of its Starlink internet satellites into the space.

The best photos of the March 3, 2026 blood Moon total lunar eclipse captured by photographers around the world.

Oklahoma’s Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge attracts rare and diverse species—and enthusiasts looking for a distinct type of crystallized gypsum.

Crystals have repeatedly been found at archaeological sites alongside Homo remains. Evidence shows that hominins have been collecting these stones for as long as 780,000 years. Yet, we know that our ancestors did not use them as weapons, tools, or even jewelr…

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Astronomers watched as the supergiant WOH G64 reshaped itself into a different type of star.

For decades, scientists have relied on tree rings to estimate how long trees can live. But new research suggests that this widely used method may have been underestimating the lifespan of many flowering trees—sometimes by centuries. A new international study …

Scientists have described Tanyka amnicola, a newly identified species of prehistoric creature that lived 275 million years ago and had a bizarre twisted jaw with sideways-facing teeth.

A total lunar eclipse took place early Tuesday morning, and was visible across much of North America, weather permitting.VIEWER PHOTOS | Blood moon total lunar