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Nuclear bombs set off new geological epoch in the 1950s,...
Nuclear testing in the 1950s marked sediments at the bottom of a lake in Canada to such an extent that scientists are calling for...
'Smoothness' in parts of brain's surface may boost risk...
An analysis of more than 400 brain scans has revealed a potential new biomarker for depression.
Who was J. Robert Oppenheimer? Biographer Kai Bird delves...
Kai Bird, co-author of "American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer" opens up on the physicist's life and...
Fears that dead 60-foot-long whale in Ireland could explode...
Experts abandoned the autopsy of a dead fin whale after they heard bubbling noises from the creature's gut, indicating there was a...
A nearby supernova nearly blew our solar system to bits...
A supernova that erupted when a massive star died could have destroyed our infant solar system — if it weren't protected by a cocoon...
Where are the noctilucent clouds we were promised? The...
Photographers hoping to capture stunning "night-shining" clouds have been left frustrated this year. The fast-approaching solar maximum...
Tiny, 'ultracool' star emits surprising radio signals that...
The brown dwarf, which is colder than a typical campfire, produces regular radio wave pulses despite having a magnetic field that,...
Elite Roman man buried with sword may have been 'restrained'...
A skeleton found facedown in Wales with a sword, silver brooch and restraints may be that of an elite Roman soldier.