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Discover important facts about what climate change is, what's causing it, and what we can do to stop it.

The researchers directing excavations at the Platform 11 residence in El Palmillo, Mexico.

Performed remotely in Mexico by engineers and embryologists in New York, an automated fertility treatment resulted in conception and, more r...

Doctors in the U.K. have warned gynecologists of the risks of necrotizing fasciitis in the external genitalia after seeing several cases.

In a new study, researchers found that the inflammation behind painful episodes in sickle cell disease are correlated with the menstrual cyc...

Quantum superposition is a phenomenon in which a tiny particle can be in two states at the same time — but only if it is not being directly...

This little bear carved out of amber might have been an amulet for a Stone Age hunter.

That second wave of energy is a normal part of the human circadian rhythm, but lifestyle factors also play a role.

An executive order critiques the idea that race is a human invention. But that's exactly what modern science supports.

Earth's oceans could one day turn purple.

The Eye of Horus is frequently found in ancient Egyptian burials, particularly on wedjat amulets.

You don't need plate tectonics to get continental crust that looks modern, a new study finds.

GPT-4.5 has successfully convinced people it’s human 73% of the time in an authentic configuration of the original Turing test.

A Celtic warrior was injured in battle 2,500 years ago. Archaeologists were able to identify the weapon based on 3D scans of his skeleton.

A new image has emerged of the Red Planet rising above the lunar limb after being occulted by the moon in January.

Though research on sexual experience in nonhuman animals is limited to primates and rodents, there's reason to think that they have an "orga...

Is it possible to build a Dyson sphere that isn't catastrophically unstable? New research says yes, but only in one type of star system.

See if your Viking Age trivia knowledge is in ship-shape condition with our quiz.

A new report released April 1 by the European Space Agency sheds light on space pollution surrounding our planet — how bad the problem is, a...

The most distant and earliest "dead" massive galaxy ever seen shows some galaxies lived fast and died young shortly after the Big Bang.

A settlement dating back around 3,400 years has been discovered near the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt.

Pesquet's parrot, also known as a Dracula parrot, resembles a vulture and has a distinct scream — but its favorite food is figs.

Modern flight recorders can hold more than 1,000 pieces of information about an aircraft.

April 12, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the...

Using advanced microscopes that capture brain cell anatomy and activity, a portion of a mouse's brain was mapped and rendered into a 3D atla...