New research shows how the beach provides many ways to teach young children about biology, chemistry and physics.

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Since we last spoke, researchers at the University of Birmingham have defined the precise shape of a single photon (spoiler: ...

The 3.2-million-year-old fossil, discovered 50 years ago, is considered to be one of the most significant early hominin ...

A collection of 3-million-year-old bones unearthed 50 years ago in Ethiopia changed our understanding of human origins.

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Jupiter Scientific has outlined roughly how many atoms the human body shares with the late bard and Hamlet playwright William Shakespeare.

Recent research has illuminated this startling dimension of avian behavior, revealing that crows — members of the avian elite — can hold grudges for up to 17 years. This discovery ... could recognize ...

(AP video shot by Chris Stern) Masih Alinejad, 48, a prominent Iranian American human rights activist attends an interview with the Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. (AP ...

New data confirms 2024 will be the hottest year on record and the first calendar ... They warn at that level, the human-caused climate crisis — fueled by heat-trapping fossil fuel pollution ...

They inspire awe with their remarkable ability to survive in extreme environments, including areas so very radioactive that they are easily lethal to humans ... 90 million years ago, in the ...

Most of the opposition parties on Parliament Hill are ditching the high-profile annual United Nations conference on climate change this year, citing human rights concerns in the host country ...