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The U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence released long-promised records related to vanished pioneering ...

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NASA’s presumptive next leader wants to outsource more of the space agency’s interplanetary science. The newly launched ...

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The oldest RNA ever reported until now came from a 14,300-year-old “wolf” puppy frozen in permafrost. But when Mármol-Sánchez ...

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Aimee Lucido makes crosswords part-time for several outlets and writes trivia full-time for Bloomberg's news quiz, Pointed. She is also the author of several books for kids, including Emmy in the Key ...