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A first-of a-kind space weather "tabletop" exercise has revealed major weaknesses in America's preparedness for major solar storms.

Researchers have discovered an ancient moth-like sea predator in a treasure trove of museum fossils in Canada. The half-a-billion-year-old c...

A baby known as KJ is the first person in the world to receive a customized CRISPR therapy designed to fix a specific mutation.

Is the Star Manual of Master Shi the oldest known astronomical catalog? Experts are divided.

A large-scale genome study shows that Indigenous peoples in the Americas split off several times, resulting in loss of important genetic div...

A new physics paper takes a step toward creating a long-sought "theory of everything" by uniting gravity with the quantum world. However, th...

Amber deposits in Japan show unique deformations that suggest trees were swept out to sea during a tsunami about 115 million years ago, givi...

Scientists say that hiding secret messages using AI chatbots could lead to a world of iron-clad encryption.

These massive stargazing binoculars are hefty in both size and price, but is it worth splurging on the Extra Dispersion glass?

A combination of X-ray from NASA's Chandra observatory and radio data indicates that a galactic "fracture" was likely caused by a special ne...

The first Garmin watch with guided walking workouts.

Quantum computers can one day be vastly more powerful than the most powerful supercomputers on the planet — but only if scientists find ways...

Scientists looked at Jupiter's massive auroras using the James Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes — and found a mystery they can't fully expla...

Astrophysicists have proposed a new theoretical maximum lifespan for the universe, which suggests that dead stars are decaying much faster t...

Researchers shed light on the "dark matter" of the gut, revealing a species of fungus that could potentially help counter fatty liver diseas...

The genomes of long-living, big-brained mammal species reveal that they carry more copies of immunity genes. Experts speculate that these ge...

NASA's Perseverance rover recently captured a photo of green auroras shining in the Martian sky for the first time. The alien light show, pr...

The wrinkled, raisin-like patterns you get on your fingers after a long bath form the same patterns every time, new research suggests.

Archaeologists working in the Tangier Peninsula, in northwest Morocco, have discovered ancient cemeteries, rock art and standing stones.

An all-in-one tripod that boasts high-quality construction, versatility and reliability — you can't go wrong with the Benro Rhino.

Researchers have compiled a list of "ingredients" that could help resource exploration companies locate huge reservoirs of clean hydrogen, a...

Everything you need to know about choosing a rowing machine, from picking the right design and type of resistance to deciding whether to inv...

A woman developed awful headaches after a pilates class, and their underlying cause was very unusual.

Is the Turing test still relevant in today's AI landscape? The advent of large language models has challenged its importance.

An abrupt change in Antarctica has caused the continent to gain ice. But this increase, documented in NASA satellite data, is a temporary an...