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Huge 13,600-year-old mastodon skull and bones unearthed...
A team of archaeologists recently excavated the first well-preserved mastodon bones ever found in Iowa, including the prehistoric...
1st-of-its-kind 'cooling chip' could prevent AI smartphones...
The "xMEMS XMC-2400 µCooling" chip aims to keep future smartphones from overheating as they become more powerful.
Earth from space: Picturesque plankton paint peculiar patterns...
This 2014 satellite photo shows a gigantic, multicolor phytoplankton bloom swirling off the coast of Argentina. More recent research...
Wet-bulb temperature: What is it, and how is it linked...
Scientists use "wet-bulb temperature" to gauge how extreme heat affects the body. But what is it?
Why is a 'once-in-a-decade' Supermoon Blue Moon happening...
A 'once in a blue moon' event might not be as infrequent as you think.
'Final parsec problem' that makes supermassive black holes...
A new study helps solve the "final parsec problem" that has made supermassive black hole formation impossible to explain, pointing...
16th-century compass unearthed in Poland may have belonged...
The 500-year-old compass is a two-pronged metal device that scientists used for precise measurements in cartography, geometry and...
The sun might've just had a record-breaking number of visible...
On Aug. 8, NASA scientists may have spotted a record number of sunspots when hundreds of individual spots were estimated to occur...