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A bizarre 400-million-year-old fossil may not be a plant, animal, or even a fungus. Known as Prototaxites, this extinct organism has confounded scientists for over a century. Now, new study evidence suggests it could belong to a completely…

A team of international scientists will soon begin drilling beneath the sea floor off Nantucket in search of a vast freshwater aquifer that it not only believes exists, but could one day be tapped and used by humans.

Decades in the making, the…

Chimpanzees act as engineers in their daily tasks, new research shows. A team of researchers have discovered that chimpanzees are able to choose materials to make tools based on their structural and mechanical properties.

The chimpanzees studied…

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A team of scientists just discovered the longest organic molecules yet seen on Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun and and a tantalizing venue for humankind’s search for life beyond Earth.

Mars…

Every day, researchers search for optimal solutions. They might want to figure out where to build a major airline hub. Or to determine how to maximize return while minimizing risk in an investment portfolio. Or to develop self-driving cars…

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• The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collaboration just dropped their first official data release, covering the first 13 months of the…

A high school student in New York has stumbled onto a massive discovery — a cosmic light echo possibly spanning twice the width of the Milky Way. While scanning space for signs of dying stars, 17-year-old Julian Shapiro identified a glowing…

Craving an ice cream sundae with a cherry on top? This random alignment of Herbig-Haro 49/50 — a frothy-looking outflow from a nearby protostar — with a multi-hued spiral galaxy may do the trick. This new composite image combining…