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For something so common to our daily lives, there’s a surprisingly long list of questions scientists have yet to answer about ice—the solid form of water, seen in iced coffee, the frosty sprinkle on mountaintops, and, of course,

In January 2024, X user WinslowDumaine posted an image of a sidewalk on West Roscoe…

Lead is often thought of as a modern toxin, but a new study has found that it’s been haunting us and our ancestors for almost 2 million years. Stranger still, exposure could actually have given humans an edge over our closest relatives.

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Archaeologists excavating an ancient well in eastern Croatia have discovered the skeletons of seven men whose bodies had been tossed in haphazardly. Experts think the remains belong to Roman soldiers who fought in the Battle of Mursa in A.D….

Update Oct. 14, 6:45 p.m. EDT (2245 UTC): SpaceX scrubbed…

As your youth fades further into the past, you may start to fear growing older.

But research my colleague and I have recently published in the journal Intelligence shows there’s also very good reason to be excited: for many of us,…

Two weeks on from Jane Goodall’s death, many have been reflecting on her life, including her scientific legacy and how she changed humanity’s connection to the natural world.

As a pioneering primatologist, Goodall was the first to spy many…

The first known hand fossils from an extinct human relative have been unearthed in Kenya, revealing a species with unexpected dexterity and a gorilla-like grip. The hand bones, which were discovered alongside…

We saw some great deals during Prime Day, but just one week later, Amazon has slashed $300 off the Celestron NexStar 8SE.

Known as the “world’s most beloved telescope,” it’s rated exceptionally well across the board and loved by both seasoned…

Weevils, spores, slime mold and cells are in extreme closeup for the 51st anniversary of the Nikon Small World competition. For more than five decades, the award has brought…