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A submarine volcano off the coast of the Pacific Northwest of the US is set to blow in 2025. Seamounts like this are providing scientists with the perfect opportunity to study the evolution of early ...

There are many ways for rovers and spacecraft to look for evidence of life, recent or ancient. Now, researchers report a new ...

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Micherre Fox, a 31-year-old from Manhattan, New York, recently unearthed the 2.3-carat diamond – about the size of a pea – at ...

Parasite cleanses are typically based on the idea that someone has an intestinal parasite infection – so worms or protozoa ...

Thanks to 15 years of high-precision radio observation with the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), scientists have realized ...

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Archaeologists made the discovery through genetic analysis of remains from two early Anglo-Saxon cemeteries, both dating to ...

Claims that environmental protections are obstacles to the space industry do not match evidence of what happens around ...

In the more likely scenario, a star over 30 times the mass of our Sun was orbiting a stellar-size black hole. In the year ...

Kookaburras are known for their laugh, but they're one of several bird species that seem to be having a joke on simple-minded ...