Imagine that you have three boxes: one containing two black marbles, another containing two white marbles and a third ...

A finger-sized clay cylinder from a tomb in northern Syria appears to be the oldest example of writing using an alphabet ...

Voters supported abortion rights measures while electing antiabortion candidates in the 2024 election. The split reflects a ...

The Trump administration could embolden Republicans to make sweeping changes to how the affordable care act functions and is ...

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Scientists are piecing together the brain processes that underlie the wide-eyed wanting-to-know we generally think of as ...

Federal climate databases remained largely intact during President-elect Donald Trump’s first term. Scientists say the ...

The 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor known as Lucy sparked a revolution in scientists’ understanding of the origins of ...

The world we live in was built on horseback. Many people today rarely encounter horses, but this is a recent development. Only a few decades ago domestic horses formed the fabric of societies ...

Even before I could make out the silhouette of Platform Holly on the foggy horizon, I could see and smell oil. Ripples of iridescent liquid floated on the sea’s surface, reflecting the cloudy sky.

The fungal network hidden under fleshy, white king oyster mushrooms doesn’t just sprout elegant appetizers. It can also serve as a keen robotic sensor, helping to pilot a wheeled bot and a ...