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Radiation-resistant 'extremophile' microbe dubbed 'Conan...
A three-part complex based on the molecules that give "Conan the Bacterium" its radiation resistance may protect humans against damage...
Worst die-off of a single species in the modern era discovered...
The blob — an extreme marine heatwave that hit the northeast Pacific between 2014 and 2016 — killed approximately 4 million common...
Do atoms ever touch?
Atoms make up everything around us, but do these building blocks of matter ever actually touch?
Sutton Hoo helmet: A gold- and jewel-encrusted relic with...
Fragments of a helmet recovered from the Sutton Hoo ship burial show that early-medieval metalwork could be decorative and functional.
After accident crash on Mars, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter...
"She still has one final gift for us, which is that she's now going to continue on as a weather station of sorts."
Oldest firearms ever found in US were abandoned by Spanish...
Two cannons found at a site dating to 1541 in Arizona may be the oldest surviving firearms in the U.S. They were abandoned by the...
James Webb telescope spots more than 100 new asteroids...
Astronomers analyzing archival images from JWST have discovered an unexpectedly vast population of the smallest asteroids ever seen...
1,800-year-old silver amulet could rewrite history of Christianity...
A silver amulet found in a 1,800-year-old grave in Germany speaks to the importance — and the risk — of being Christian in Roman times.