SCIENCE

For the first time, scientists have taken a proper look at an ultra-low velocity zone. These enigmatic pockets of rock sit close to the Earth's core, about 3,000 kilometers…
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Think about people you know, and how you could tell they were around even if you couldn't see them: perhaps their voice, or a favored perfume.For bottlenose dolphins, it's the…
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NASA's Voyager 1 is continuing its journey beyond our Solar System, 45 years after it was launched. But now the veteran spacecraft is sending back strange data, puzzling its…
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Humans have a long and rich history with intestinal parasites, and it's chronicled in our very poop.From Jerusalem to Rome to Greece, archaeologists have been digging through…
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A plastic container thrown into landfill can take hundreds of years to break down naturally, but a newly discovered enzyme could eat up the waste in less than a day.The highly…
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Scientists have uncovered an extensive unmonitored trade of spiders, scorpions, and related species around the world. Many of these arachnids are wild caught, threatening these…
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What's in a head? According to new research, a little bit of our ancestors' tails.In the early days of complex, multicellular life on Earth, animals started out without any…
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Social media posts are urging parents who face baby formula shortages to make it themselves. But pediatricians told AFP they do not advise patients to use homemade formula,…
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A spacecraft looping around the Sun has made its first close approach – and filmed the encounter in glorious detail.The European Space Agency's (ESA) Solar Orbiter entered the…
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The InSight Mars lander will cease science operations sometime in the next few months due to a decreasing power supply, mission managers said at a news conference on May…
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