'Animals were imprisoned in jails where humans were incarcerated': The bizarre trials of the Late Middle Ages — and surprising lack of criminal cats
Illustration depicting a trial of a sow and pigs for the murder of a child. The trial allegedly took place in 1457, the...
The Toll of a ‘Missing Scientists’ Conspiracy Theory on the Families Left Behind
The claim that their loved ones’ deaths and disappearances are linked is almost certainly false — but the loss remains r...
Paralympian could become first astronaut with disability in orbit
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Rusty, orange water 'bleeds' across brilliant Bolivian lagoon — Earth from space
Bolivia's Laguna Colorada has colorful, algae-rich waters that appear to "bleed" across its brilliant, salty white bed ...
Kids collect five bags of litter left on riverbank
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Water voles brought back to river after 20 years
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'Mornings and nights no longer exist': A day in the hottest place in India
'Mornings and nights no longer exist': A day in the hottest place in India13 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as prefer...
Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System
The $368 million network of instruments collecting data in both the Atlantic and Pacific has been critical to climate an...
NASA confirms meteor exploded over northeastern US with force of 230 tons of TNT
An illustration of a bright fireball meteor falling through the daytime sky. One such fireball erupted over the northea...
How do you study an invisible exoplanet? Astronomers discover planetary 'fingerprints' in the rings around stars
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Shockwaves from dying stars may sculpt 'cosmic wagon wheel' stellar nurseries, simulations reveal
Click for next article A simulation shows how shockwaves propagating through a magnetized molecular cloud can carve out...
Astronauts could use lightning-like plasma jets to kill germs on the moon and Mars, demo hints
A close up of the plasma laser used in the new experiment. Researchers zapped bacteria on fabric samples that astronaut...