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NASA’s new Nancy Grace Roman space telescope will tackle nearly every aspect of astrophysics, including dark matter, dark ...

Three species preferred different people based on their skin odor and bacteria. The findings could help make new ...

NASA’s attempt to save the falling Swift telescope failed, revealing the realities of the burgeoning field of satellite ...

Appalachia is a hotspot of landslides, but many there can’t afford to move away or mitigate the danger, a new study finds.

Rubidium atoms on China’s Tiangong space station fell with the same acceleration, upholding a cornerstone of Einstein’s ...

A study of 70,000 earthquakes finds tiny tremors often precede larger fracking-linked quakes, offering a warning to halt ...

For Caribbean box jellyfish, learning is literally a no-brainer. In a new experiment, these animals learned to spot and avoid obstacles despite having no central brain, researchers report September 22 ...

Scientists are largely clueless about the origins of static electricity. A quirky group of researchers aims to change that.

A personalized mRNA vaccine paired with Keytruda may help keep skin cancer from returning after surgery, a large clinical ...

Capuchins hunt and eat small vertebrates more often as plant foods wane. The behavior may help us learn more about humans’ ...

A many-legged oddball from long ago helps fill a major gap in the fossil record — and hints at how insects ended up with just ...