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A strange fossil discovered in Antarctica may belong to one of the ocean’s most formidable prehistoric predators. The football-sized object, now identified as a soft-shelled egg, could be the first known egg ever linked to a…

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A key archaeological site in Chile could be thousands of years…

A cosmic explosion with an energy level equivalent to the output of a billion of suns went unnoticed by astronomers — until they caught the “echo” of this so-called gamma-ray burst, that is.

Considering all of our advances in astronomy and the…

Flying cars have long captured the imagination of science fiction writers, and in recent years, a host of tech startups have been rushing to make the dream a reality. Following a long period of research and development, more bullish voices in…

A small, unassuming moss from Earth’s deserts is drawing serious attention from scientists studying life beyond our planet. Syntrichia caninervis, known for surviving extreme conditions, is now being considered as a potential pioneer…

Around 2,400 years ago, more than a dozen Celtic men — possibly warriors — were buried in unusual upright seated positions in what is now Dijon, France, according to a recent discovery of their graves next to a primary school.

The grim find…

Finding the secrets to a happy life can literally take a lifetime. After 88 years, the world’s longest study on happiness is still going strong.

In 1938, scientists at Harvard University put together a study to compare the lives of two groups…

It’s “common knowledge”—and the scare quotes should be a warning—that the sun is an average star.

But it’s not, and in fact it’s not even close: The sun is in the top 90th percentile of stars by mass. That’s because well more than…