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Orbital instruments studying Mars have picked up unusual chemical signatures that don’t match any known mineral. Scientists are now investigating what could be hiding behind these puzzling signals.

Archaeologists have uncovered the graves of two pre-Roman children who were buried like male warriors.

Scientists identified a fossil from New Mexico as belonging to a dinosaur that may have been an ancestor of the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Carbon that has been buried in the Congo Basin's peatlands for millennia is seeping into lakes and rivers. Why this is happening remains unclear, but researchers warn that tropical peatlands could be nearing a tipping point.

Researchers prove humans are "musical animals" with a biological blueprint for rhythm and pitch that exists from birth.

With the first images from the spacecraft now in hand, the team behind NASA’s Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat, or SPARCS, is ready to begin charting the energetic lives of the galaxy’s most common stars to help answer one of humanity’s most profound questions: Which distant worlds beyond our s

Using a phenomenon called "negative light," scientists invisibly transferred data disguised as background thermal radiation.

A new analysis of a shinbone from the oldest known giant tyrannosaur in North America suggests that the 'king of dinosaurs,' Tyrannosaurus rex, may have had an unusually large ancestor.

The comet formed in a cold and distant part of the early Milky Way up to 12 billion years ago, potentially putting it just under 2 billion years the age of the universe.

Galaxies carry the imprints of past encounters. When they pass near one another or collide, gravity pulls their stars into long tails, thin streams, and faint shells – features that preserve the history of these dramatic events. Thanks to deep, high-resolution images from the Euclid space telescope,

Download PDF: Efficient Large Displacement/Large Rotation Dynamic Simulations Using Nonlinear Dynamic Substructures Utilizing reduced-order dynamic math models (DMM) in linear system-level dynamic analyses is a well-known practice that enables extreme computational efficiencies. But what about nonli

On March 27, 2025, somewhere in the Panamanian rainforest, the evolutionary biologist Zeke Rowe was looking for a snack. While walking outside the research station’s cafeteria, Rowe noticed a strange insect summoned by a floodlight. The insect was a katydid, a close relative of crickets famous for t

Asteroid 2026 EG1 was discovered on March 8, less than one week ago.

A new study of chimpanzee and bonobo groups at zoos reveals similar levels of aggression. However, scientists found stark sex-based differences between the species.

The researchers were hoping to understand whether our own species' long documented appreciation (bordering on obsession) with crystals

A new University of Utah-led study has discovered the mechanism behind a decades-old evolutionary mystery—how "selfish chromosomes" cheat the rules of genetic inheritance. The researchers found that rogue chromosomes hijack the Overdrive (Ovd) gene to destroy rival sperm.

A massive rotating spacecraft designed to carry 1,000 humans across interstellar space is forcing scientists to rethink how civilizations could survive far from Earth.

Shifts in the Gulf Stream could help researchers predict the human-driven failure of a huge system of ocean currents known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.

The freighter undocked from the ISS Thursday (March 12) at 7:06 a.m. EDT (1105 GMT).

Research reveals the sycophantic nature of generative AI is inadvertently creating a form of distributed delusions.

China's massive Sky Dragon and Matrix aircraft are suitable for up to 10 passengers, or more than one ton of cargo.

Forget cockroaches; science just identified the ultimate survivor that will outlast every other creature on Earth. Even a planet-sterilizing asteroid can't stop this beast from inheriting the world once humans are gone.