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An eerie image of a brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea) prowling the ruins of an…

In the middle of the night, the world can sometimes feel like a dark place. Under the cover of darkness, negative thoughts have a way of drifting through your mind, and as you lie awake, staring at the ceiling, you might start craving guilty…

When it comes to saving Earth from a potential doomsday rock, knowing where to hit it and how it spins could make all the difference. Two new studies presented last month at the Europlanet Science Congress in Helsinki may have just given…

Uranus and Neptune are the two furthest planets in the Solar System and have been visited only once by human spacecraft – by Voyager 2 over 30 years ago – so there is a lot about them that we do not know. One thing we thought we knew,…

This year has seen some of the most destructive extreme weather events on record. Wildfires in Los Angeles were a big part of the equation, but several other events also left devastation in their wake. From winter storms in Louisiana to flash…

A train of solar storms is barreling toward Earth, with four coronal mass ejections (CMEs) expected to hit over the next few days. Any potential impact could trigger impressive auroras in northern skies and possibly even at…

Every civilization leaves something behind. Pottery, bones, tools – but this time, the story came from within. Hidden inside a man who lived a thousand years ago in Zimapán, Mexico, scientists found traces of ancient gut bacteria.

Evidence of…

Ground-based telescopes have a fundamental problem that no amount of engineering can fix. They’re trying to observe the universe through Earth’s atmosphere, a constantly moving blanket of air that distorts and blurs incoming light. It’s…

CDC Cuts Threaten Public Health Nationwide, Fired Employees Say

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Researchers have detected 85 previously unknown lakes underneath Antarctic glaciers, a development they fear could lead to more ice slipping into the ocean and causing global sea levels to rise even more quickly.

What’s happening?

These lakes lie…