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Learn how a recreational dive, a Facebook message, and years of DNA analysis led researchers to identify a sesame-seed-sized ...

Learn about the upcoming flyby of asteroid 2026 JH2, which will pass Earth at a distance of 56,000 miles.

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Learn how Ming Dynasty surgical tools buried for more than 600 years revealed traces of aconite, a toxic plant once used to numb pain during medical procedures. Xia Quan died in 1411 and was buried ...

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While theories about the origins of water are still up for debate, studies of the early solar sytem have shown water is older than the Sun itself. But how old is water and how did it get on Earth? The ...

Learn how rock doves, otherwise known as the common pigeon, may have been one of humanity’s earliest companion birds, ...

Learn more about Taylor, Red, and Marjorie, a trio of red ruffed lemurs born in Georgia as wild populations drop below 10,000 ...

Learn how a mirror test with beluga whales revealed bubble play, toy use, and signs of self-awareness rarely seen in animals.