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A golf ball-size octopus found on the deep seafloor off the Galápagos Islands is an entirely new species, scientists just announced. In July of 2015, during a 10-day expedition in the Pacific Ocean, ...

Our universe appears flat—but this observation still leaves plenty of options for its true shape. In fact, our cosmos could ...

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This article is part of a package on the future of quantum computing. Read about the most promising applications of these ...

Scientific American spoke to one of the people who are currently being monitored for possible hantavirus infection at the ...

Our galaxy and its nearest large companion, Andromeda, may be headed for a collision on a cosmic scale. What happens then?

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This company says its pulsed plasma machine will deliver electricity to the grid by 2029. Some physicists warn that its ...

In an effort to reduce prices at the pump, an EPA wavier allows the sale of fuel with 15 percent ethanol content ...