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Its cryptic inscriptions could rewrite the early history of runic writing in Scandinavia.
Ancient human history is now resurfacing, quite literally, from the bottom of the sea. Off the western coast of Taiwan, ...
Instead of masking off flavors with sugar, salt, or artificial additives, companies can let bacteria do the work.
From a pinprick to a warm breeze, every sensation you perceive begins its journey along this ascending sensory pathway. For the first time, scientists have recreated the entire human nervous system’s ...
A new analysis of a fossil found in 1889 has unveiled the presence of zeolites—and an entirely new mineralization method.
“This biosensor is the first of its kind,” said Rajan Chakrabarty, a professor of energy, environmental, and chemical ...
2013 was a grim year for dolphins in Florida. That year, bottlenose dolphins were dying en masse in the Indian River Lagoon ...
So, if life exists on Titan, it might not resemble the thriving, teeming ecosystems we know. Instead, think of isolated oases ...
In the waters off Iwo Jima, a volcanic island in Japan’s Satsuma archipelago, the sea has a distinct green tint. It’s not ...
The change, ordered by a Trump-appointed official, would end a long-standing program that tracks emissions from thousands of facilities — including power plants, oil refineries, and cement ...