“Are we really on the brink of a sixth mass extinction?”

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Colliding Black Holes Emitted a Massive Ringing, Confirming Predictions from Hawking and Einstein

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Are We Really on the Brink of a Sixth Mass Extinction?

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First Evidence From Proto Earth May Be a Chemical Imbalance Hidden Inside Ancient Rocks

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AI Helps Decode Mysterious Prehistoric Cave Markings Known as Finger Flutings

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Humans in Europe Might’ve Taken Toolmaking Inspiration From Neanderthals

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Brain Cells on a Computer Chip Offer Advanced Medical Treatments and Use Less Energy

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Ancient Human Brains Adapted From Exposure to Lead Poisoning, Providing an Evolutionary Advantage

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Homo Ergaster: The Early Human Who Looked Almost Like Us

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The Taurid Meteor Showers Are Already Shining, and May Flash Shimmering Fireballs This Fall 2025

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The Oldest Dinosaur Was Nyasasaurus, Which Lived During the Middle Triassic and Stood 3 Feet Tall

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Ancient Shipwreck Cargo Sheds Light on Iron Age Trade And a Lost Mediterranean Seaport 

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A Growing Weak Spot in Earth’s Magnetic Field May Cause More Satellites to Short Circuit 

“Revived 40,000-year-old microbes in the Arctic could release greenhouse gases.”

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Fossilized Resin Reveals a Wet Forest Full of Insects and Spiders 112 Million Years Ago

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Revived 40,000-Year-Old Microbes in the Arctic Could Release Greenhouse Gases

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Unknown Early Hominins Ate Elephants and Then Used Their Bones to Make Tools

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Meet the Dolphin-Sized ‘Sword Dragon’ That Might Explain the Evolution of the Ichthyosaurs

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Draconids and Orionids Meteor Showers Light the Sky This October 2025 — Here’s How to See

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How Many Stars Are in The Milky Way? More Than You Can Imagine

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Mummified Dogs Reveal Pre-Incan People Honored This Shepherd 1,000 Years Ago

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A 1,000-Year-Old Mesoamerican Mummy Reveals an Ancient Man’s Microbiome

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An Asteroid Just Streaked Over Antarctica, Becoming the Second Closest Flyby Ever Recorded

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The First-Ever Fossilized Butt Scooting Came From a Rock Hyrax 126,000 Years Ago

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Jamestown Colonists Strangely Picked up Donkeys En Route to the New World, and Likely Ate Them

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Ancient Teotihuacan Murals May Reveal a 2,000-Year-Old Written Language

“How many stars are in the Milky Way?  More than you can imagine.”

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Meet the Dolphin-Sized ‘Sword Dragon’ That Might Explain the Evolution of the Ichthyosaurs

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Draconids and Orionids Meteor Showers Light the Sky This October 2025 — Here’s How to See

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How Many Stars Are in The Milky Way? More Than You Can Imagine

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Mummified Dogs Reveal Pre-Incan People Honored This Shepherd 1,000 Years Ago

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A 1,000-Year-Old Mesoamerican Mummy Reveals an Ancient Man’s Microbiome

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An Asteroid Just Streaked Over Antarctica, Becoming the Second Closest Flyby Ever Recorded

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The First-Ever Fossilized Butt Scooting Came From a Rock Hyrax 126,000 Years Ago

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Jamestown Colonists Strangely Picked up Donkeys En Route to the New World, and Likely Ate Them

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Ancient Teotihuacan Murals May Reveal a 2,000-Year-Old Written Language

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Ancient Egypt’s Karnak Temple Once Rose from the Nile River, Serving as a Tribute to Deities

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Ancient Teeth Carry Clues on Farming Villages That Welcomed Outsiders with Open Arms

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Mysterious, Ghostly Blue Lights Called Will-o-the-Wisp May Just be Methane Bubbles

“New JWST data show rogue planet with a colorful combo of wavelengths, strong storms, and beautiful auroras.”

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New JWST Data Shows Rogue Planet With a Colorful Combo of Wavelengths, Strong Storms, and Beautiful Auroras

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Human Head Transplants: Where the Science Stands, and Why the Ethics Are So Complicated

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Neanderthal Families Took Trips to the Beaches of Portugal Around 80,000 Years Ago

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Ancient Cooking Ware Confirms Horses Were Domesticated in Early Bronze-Age Sicily

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Early Human Ancestor Found to be More Leopard Prey than Predator Thanks to AI

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Boasting an Unusual Set of Teeth, This Extinct Crocodilian Ate Dinosaurs and Plants

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One of the Oldest Organisms on Earth Thrives in Yellowstone’s Scalding Hydrothermal Features

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Culture Could Be Driving Human Evolution and Turning Us Into Superorganisms

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Breakthrough for Organ Transplants May Be Realized by Turning Organs into Glass

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Ancient Humans May Have Migrated From Anatolia to Europe on a Long-Lost Land Bridge

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The Smell of Rain Is Called Petrichor, and Has A Lot of Science Behind It

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Catch the Mini Celestial Parade That Will Put Saturn and Its Rings on Full Display This Weekend