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A round hole in the shoulder blade (scapula) of a Neanderthal whose partial remains were unearthed in a cave in Iraqi ...

The seventh annual report by an international coalition led by Oregon State University scientists says the Earth’s climate ...

Plastics are supposed to be chemically inert. It’s the reason they’re used so frequently to package food, bottle water and ...

We don’t actually know if aliens exist. But if they do, their cells probably have a special type of membrane. And that ...

(via SciShow) Why doesn't gold tarnish? A simple answer might be that it's a so-called "noble metal"—its atoms don't like to ...

From custom part to running robot, the Atlas shop floor is built on precision, rapid assembly, and real-time collaboration.

In the early 20th century, it was discovered there was a point in the fossil record where most European mammals just…vanished ...

Suppose an alien civilization discovers Earth and decides to investigate. Before it chooses a landing site or considers how ...

Triton is no ordinary moon. With an impossibly young surface and active cryovolcanoes, Neptune’s giant moon has baffled ...

Gut health and muscle health are often thought of as separate concerns. The first brings to mind eating fibre and probiotics, ...

What is the Tully Monster? It might be a vertebrate, or it might not, but scientists have unable to agree for 70 years.