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Genomes of 51 animal species mapped in record time, creating...
Using a new technique, scientists created genetic blueprints for kangaroos, penguins, sharks and more.
Why don't we feel Earth spinning?
Earth moves around the sun at 67,000 mph and makes a full rotation once every 24 hours. So why can't we feel the Earth's rotation?
How do galaxies grow while ensnared in the universe's cosmic...
New simulations show how thousands of galaxies evolve by traveling through the strands of gas, dust and stars that make up the universe's...
April 8 solar eclipse: 4 telescopes and observatories where...
The April 8 total solar eclipse will be visible from several astronomical observatories across North America. Here are four that have...
1st known tuberculosis cases in Neanderthals revealed in...
A look at two Neanderthal skeletons reveals that they could get tuberculosis, and it may have contributed to their extinction.
'Gas station heroin' sold as 'elixir' prompts health warning
Health officials have raised the alarm about illegal products containing tianeptine, also known as "gas station heroin."
'Nothing is out of the question': Iceland volcano primed...
The Icelandic Met Office has warned magma beneath Reykjanes Peninsula is quickly reaching levels seen before the Jan. 14 eruption,...
'We were gobsmacked': 350 million-year-old tree fossils...
Rare tree fossils preserved with their leaves have an architecture unlike any plant known today and represent the earliest evidence...
