555-million-year-old oceanic creatures share genes with today’s humans, finds a new study.
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Where the prime meridian meets the equator, a non-existent island captures our imagination — and our non-geocoded data.
Spiritual experiences can be explained in terms of a highly evolved brain. But they also can be extremely meaningful.
Research suggests that experience may matter more than innate ability when it comes to a sense of direction.
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A clever new design introduces a way to image the vast ocean floor.
The amazing life of “Gudrid the Far-Traveled” was unjustly overshadowed by her in-laws, Erik the Red and Leif Erikson.
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The arc of geological history is long, but it bends towards supercontinents – so, what will the next one look like?
In 100 years, perhaps this map showing humanity clustering around the equator will seem “so 21st century.”
Venus Life Finder could launch as early as 2023.
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Colors can influence your emotions and behaviors, but “color psychology” yields no real insight into your personality.
This map shows that the territories discovered by Europeans add up to an area no bigger than Utah.
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The story of China is the story of global economics.
A new study reveals what caused most life on Earth to die out during the end-Permian extinction, also known as the Great Dying.
Some artifacts drown in shipwrecks, others are taken by the tide. Many others will vanish as a result of climate change and rising sea levels.
Rock art in northern Australia depicts marsupial lions, giant kangaroos, and other megafauna that populated the Land Down Under long ago.
The opening of jars, while impressive and often used to illustrate octopus intelligence, is not their most remarkable ability.
With LEDs bringing brighter nighttime lighting than ever before, and thousands of new satellites polluting the skies, astronomy needs help.
Because of dark energy, distant objects speed away from us faster and faster as time goes on. How long before every galaxy is out of reach?
There are billions of potentially inhabited planets in the Milky Way alone. Here’s how NASA will at last discover and measure them.
A new study shows that at least one long-ago journey would have required deliberate navigation.
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