Earth's magnetic field locks information into lava as it cools into rock. Millions of years later, scientists can decipher…
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Five centuries before Columbus arrived, migrants were spreading across North America, carrying their culture with them and…
Air pollution can weaken people's respiratory, immune and cardiovascular systems, leaving them more vulnerable when…
A ransomware attack on election-related government computers in a Georgia county raises the specter of more disruptions…
'Normal' body temperature has declined in urban, industrialized settings like the US and UK. Anthropologists find…
The pattern of autumn sea ice growth has been completely disrupted, but are we really headed for a tipping point?
Paleontologists have discovered fossil remains belonging to an enormous 'toothed' bird that lived for a period of…
Philosophers say now is the time to mull over what qualities should grant an artificially intelligent machine moral standing.
The 2020 wildfire season has shattered records across the West. It's a trend that's headed in a dangerous direction.
Dogs process the sensory world very differently than humans, but love in a way that is entirely familiar.
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Are antibodies that attack a patient's own organs contributing to severe forms of COVID-19? A new study suggests specific…
It's draining and depressing to stay on high alert month after month after month. Understanding pandemic fatigue better…
Scientists in the UK and Germany discovered a new doorway that the COVID-19 virus uses to infect human cells. This reveals…
Plastic waste is a global problem. Now a chemist has developed a new strategy for breaking down the most common plastic…
The nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett has implications for how assisted reproductive technologies, which can prevent…
An optical sensor that can detect individual molecules promises early detection of diseases and environmental contamination.