Discovery of the first ancestors of scorpions, spiders and horseshoe crabs

NASA’s asteroid Bennu samples have rocks unlike any meteorite ever found

Why Do People Make Music?

Scientists solve mystery of ancient ‘tree of life’

Hong Kong is safe from China’s Great Firewall—for now

Crew trapped on Baltimore ship, seven weeks after bridge collapse

Emoji history: the missing years

MIT students stole $25M in seconds by exploiting ETH blockchain bug, DOJ says

Orangutan Language Is More Sophisticated Than Once Thought

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The hunt for rare bitcoin is nearing an end

The Deadly World War II Mission Over the Roof of the World

‘We’ve got drone swarms, dirty bombs, radar-jamming’: the fake town where America practises for war

How An Organ Transplant Can Change Your Entire Personality

Tiger beetles fight off bat attacks with ultrasonic mimicry

Graffiti-covered door from French revolutionary wars found in Kent

Sites Busted Running AI Content Farm That Rips Off Real Journalists’ Work When They Accidentally Left Prompt in Published Article

Florence Nightingale overcame the limits set on proper Victorian women – and brought modern science and statistics to nursing

Herd of 170 bison could help store CO2 equivalent of almost 2m cars, researchers say

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Scientists Are Investigating a Puzzling Underground ‘Anomaly’ Near the Giza Pyramids

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Smashing into an asteroid shows researchers how to better protect Earth

Jupiter’s mysterious moon Amalthea spied crossing the Great Red Spot (photo)

The sun just shot out biggest solar flare in almost 2 decades

Mystery of inscription found under patio slab

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Superheavy Elements Are Breaking the Periodic Table

Virtual Boy: The bizarre rise and quick fall of Nintendo’s enigmatic red console

As Insurers Around the U.S. Bleed Cash From Climate Shocks, Homeowners Lose

Justice Department may prosecute Boeing for 737 Max crashes

TRAPPIST-1 Outer Planets Likely Have Water

The Oxford Electric Bell: A two-century-long scientific enigma

Meet Mammoth, the world’s largest vacuum that now sucks thousands of tons of carbon out of the air

Atoms squished closer together than ever before, revealing seemingly impossible quantum effects

A British Nurse Was Found Guilty of Killing Seven Babies. Did She Do It?

A Modified Psychedelic Toad Toxin Reduces Signs of Depression and Anxiety in Mice, Study Suggests

New gel breaks down alcohol in the body

A jacket, a coin, a letter − relics of Omaha Beach battle tell the story of D-Day 80 years later

Strangely Curved Shapes Break 50-Year-Old Geometry Conjecture

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Rain Comes to the Arctic, With a Cascade of Troubling Changes

As a teenager, John was jailed for assaulting someone and stealing their bike. That was 17 years ago – will he ever be released?

Video: World’s fastest quadcopter smashes Guinness speed record

Studying the World’s Largest Parrot Colony Is an Extreme Sport

How ‘Idle’ Egg Cells Defend Their DNA From Damage

Something weird is happening with tornadoes

Alameda Officials Stop Cloud Brightening Study Aimed at Cooling Planet

Video: Japan’s Lost Decade – An Economic Disaster [27:20]

Yacht sinks after being rammed by orcas in Strait of Gibraltar

Did humans evolve to chase down prey over long distances?

Bending Reality: Einstein Meets Quantum Mechanics in Antarctic Ice

Astronomers Finally Solve Mystery of Star Violently Erupting For Decades

Scientists Discover Massive Planet as Light And Fluffy as Cotton Candy

When Will America Get Better Sunscreens?

Chimps continue learning tool use even as adults, study finds

NASA Licenses 3D-Printable High-Temperature Superalloy That Can Last 2,500x Longer

Vintage Airline Posters Show the Golden Age of Air Travel

This 50,000-year-old block of ice reveals the true state of CO2 levels now

New Study Unveils Serotonin’s Key Role in Fertility and Depression