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Evolution doesn’t clean up after itself very well.
Talking about climate change doesn’t have to be an argument over Thanksgiving dinner. Some people, though maybe not all, can be persuaded.
The dogs’ ability to recognise and process human faces surpasses even that of monkeys. This newly-identified brain region may be the reason why.
From 4 billion miles away, it says a lot about the meaning of time.
You can become a tree or even the soil supporting it.
The secret to a calmer trip to work could be hidden in plain sight.
Your new year’s resolutions should benefit not just yourself, but the whole planet.
Let the countdown begin! History and science (and danger) come together in our 10th most popular video of 2018.
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Was it a real thing? And the Wise Men? Or are they just myths?
Feathery dinosaurs are the perfect case study of how scientific revolutions happen.
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“This is a great example of a forest restoration plan which is both good for the people and good for nature,” one researcher said.
The findings of the controversial study flew in the face of past research on ice gains in Antarctica.
Zoologist Lucy Cooke explains why humans are totally wrong about panda sex, and why captive breeding backfires.
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The NASA probe has ventured beyond our solar system.
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Tiny bubbles talk photosynthesis.
There might be hope for our oceans, thanks to one clumsy moment in a coral tank.
Attenborough told the audience at COP24 that climate change is “our greatest threat in thousands of years.”
Anchorage was rocked by back-to-back earthquakes on Friday morning, prompting a tsunami warning.
It has experts baffled.
The Mars landing is a reminder that we never know what—or whom—we might discover out there.
A new book tells the very old story in a fun way for a younger generation.
Long hidden under trees, it’s utterly massive.
Dogs’ floppy ears may be part of why they and other domesticated animals love humans so much.
To explain the origin of everything, science needs to explain itself.
We’ve tried talking with apes for nearly a century. How far have we got?
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California’s raging fires show how climate change can unleash totally new—and deadly—kinds of weather.
Ryan O’Neal’s latest addition to his Astronomy series is a tribute to the dying spacecraft.
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