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Some of the first hunter-gatherers to arrive in Colombia — and some of the first hunter-gatherers to arrive in all of South America — didn’t stick around. They appeared, then disappeared between 6,000 and 2,000 years ago, only to be…

Key Takeaways on the Smallest Dinosaur:

• At around 30 cm (11 in) in length, a species called Epidexipteryx likely takes the cake as the smallest dinosaur in this group. It lived during the Jurassic period in modern-day China and is known for…

Space around Earth is becoming increasingly crowded. Starlink is in part to blame, as SpaceX continues to launch hundreds of these microsatellites into orbit. However, all satellites have a natural enemy in space—solar energy. As…

More than a decade ago, scientists predicted our Milky Way galaxy and neighboring…

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have been hailed as revolutionary, game-changer weight-loss treatments in the battle against obesity. While their impact on the medical landscape is undeniable, we’re beginning to understand more about how…

Deep below the surface of the ocean, a “lost city” rises from the depths. This so-called city is a combination of massive columns and carbonate walls, the result of hydrothermal activity within the area. It’s all part of a…

Archealistgists may have finally figured out the origin of a vast network of ridges and…

Footprints that stroll through a patchy area of Grecian beach 6 million years ago has caused researchers to rethink the timeline of hominin presence outside of Africa.

“These are perfectly [obvious] footprints,” says Per Ahlberg, a…

Archaeologists have discovered that the ancestors of the Tibetan people, including a…

Brain-computer interface startup Paradromics today announced that surgeons successfully inserted the company’s brain implant into a patient and safely removed it after about 10 minutes.

It’s a step toward longer trials of the device, dubbed…