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For decades, scientists believed modern humans descended from a single ancestral lineage. However, new research has not only challenged this view, it has simultaneously spawned a new mystery surrounding human evolution.

Using full genome…

While “hell ants” have been found in amber fossils before, this is the first time humans have seen how these extinct insects fed.

A recently published NASA-led study revealed that sea levels aren’t just rising in California — parts of the land are also sinking, Maven’s Notebook reported. These phenomena pose a looming public health and safety threat to coastal city…

When you peer out into the depths of the cosmos, a mystery lies there, waiting.

In a survey of the deep sky, most of the galaxies are seen rotating in the same direction. This is a problem. Under current models of the way the Universe behaves,…

Lightning storms often inspire fear or awe, but they can also reveal unexpected beauty. High above the thunderclouds, something extraordinary unfolds. Not the familiar white streaks of lightning, but flashes of glowing red. These rare phenomena,…

The age-old question of whether the egg or the chicken came first has puzzled humanity for centuries. This philosophical dilemma serves as more than just dinner table conversation—it touches on…

In a mission unlike any other, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is today making its closest solar approach yet—diving into the Sun’s outer atmosphere at unprecedented speed and distance. On Saturday, March 22, the spacecraft is swooping within…

When is the Blaze Star going to go nova? T Coronae Borealis has earned that nickname because it is capable of a sudden increase in brightness, a phenomenon that repeats every 80 years more or less. We are due for such an explosion, and a recent…