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DUBLIN — A new study suggests that babies are able to distinguish between the different objects they see around them at 2 months old, which is earlier than scientists previously thought.

The findings, published Monday in Nature Neuroscience, may…

Humans have found lead useful for thousands of years, but the metal’s toxic effects didn’t become well known until the 20th century. Now, using historical hair samples, researchers have shown that regulations targeting heavy-metal pollution…

NASA’s wet dress rehearsal—a crucial test of the agency’s Artemis II mission to the moon—hit a snag on Monday.

Engineers had been fueling the mission’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket up with liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellant…

A monster sunspot is taking aim at Earth after firing off dozens of powerful flares Sunday and Monday (Feb. 1-2) — including the most intense solar eruption in years.

Elevated geomagnetic activity — possibly resulting in vibrant northern…

The Hubble Space Telescope takes a lot of pictures. In fact, NASA estimates Hubble has snapped 1.7 million images since it launched in 1990. But this poses a unique issue: It’s almost impossible for scientists to examine all of the images.

With…

A century of hair clippings show lead exposure rates have plummeted

New chicken-sized dinosaur baffles paleontologists

By Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited by Claire…

An international team of scientists has discovered a record-breaking method of removing a class of harmful ‘forever chemicals’ from contaminated water.

Their filtration technique can mop up large amounts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances,…

Thrinaxodon, a small carnivorous predator and cynodont from the Early Triassic period, has long intrigued paleontologists due to its anatomical similarities to modern mammals.Its mix of reptilian and mammalian features made it a likely…