Around the time of your romantic dinner, head outside and look to the southwest to spot the super brilliant planet in the night sky
Wear patterns on the teeth of skeletons found in Central Europe suggest children as young as 6 may have been wearing labrets between 25,000 and 29,000 years ago
Researchers identified two brain areas in mice that helped the animals learn to suppress their instinctive fears of predators
Such examples of gravitational lensing can help astronomers learn more about the properties of dark matter
Whale-watching tour operators encountered the mass gathering of cetaceans while looking for migrating gray whales
Scientists say Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck—dramatic trenches near the lunar south pole—were carved in a blast that unleashed 130 times the amount of energy in Earth's global nuclear weapons inventory
The fossil sheds light on interactions within the Cretaceous food web and may represent the first record of this type of predation in North America
Despite humans and whales being separated by millions of years of evolution, our vocalizations follow the same principle outlined in Zipf's law
For the first time, scientists have completed an in-depth analysis of fossilized soft tissues from a plesiosaur
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With continued work in the future, the team hopes to promote live births of endangered marsupial species, including Tasmanian devils, koalas and northern hairy-nosed wombats
The fossil suggests that modern birds evolved before the dinosaur-killing asteroid, perhaps in Antarctica
Two biotechnology companies will begin testing the procedures in patients suffering from kidney failure
New research suggests that the first Indo-European speakers lived in southern Russia 6,500 years ago, challenging long-standing debates about the language family’s origins
The chance of a newly discovered space rock hitting Earth in about eight years was predicted at 1.6 percent last week. Though that number’s rising, experts say further research could bring it to zero
Great Lakes tribes and state biologists are working together to reintroduce Arctic grayling to northern Michigan's waterways
After a blue dwarf galaxy shot through it like an arrow, the large Bullseye now has nine rings—six more than any other galaxy known to scientists
A first-of-its-kind study suggests bonobos, like humans, can understand someone else’s lack of knowledge—and adjust their actions accordingly
New research has uncovered the earliest traces of lead contamination caused by human activities, linking the development of ancient metal smelting practices to long-term environmental change
The amount of microplastics in the human brain appears to be increasing over time: Concentrations rose by roughly 50 percent between 2016 and 2024, according to a new study
The lander built by Firefly Aerospace has captured incredible views as it orbits Earth. Its next phase is an engine burn that will propel it toward lunar orbit
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