Oldest known plague victims found in a 5,500-year-old burial ground in Siberia — and many of them were children
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Richard Tapia, Mathematician Who Pushed to Diversify His Field, Dies at 88
A math whiz as a young man, he later blazed trails, both with his theoretical advances and his advocacy for minority stu...
Trump’s FEMA Nominee Calls Staff Cuts a ‘Challenge’ for Disaster Agency
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A secretive Chinese probe has just arrived at one of Earth's 'quasi-moons' and will soon attempt a first-of-its-kind landing
China's Tianwen-2 probe, which bears a striking resemblance to NASA's Lucy spacecraft (pictured in this illustration), ...
The 10 best sci-fi TV shows of the 2000s
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Space industry giants visit fabrics factory
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Atlantic 'cold blob' is responsible for shifts in the Indian summer monsoon that threaten over 1 billion people
Shifts in the Indian summer monsoon affect more than 1 billion people across South Asia. (Image credit: DIBYANGSHU SARK...
'They reliably chose the statistically more favorable option': A crow researcher explains how these winged geniuses process numbers, and what it could reveal about human math smarts
Crows are known for their intelligence, including for understanding certain math concepts, like zero. (Image credit: Ph...
'River in the Sky': China's doomed plan to create a 'cloud seeding corridor' tells us how far the country will go to solve its climate crisis
A cloud-seeding rocket is launched into the sky in Hebei Province in an attempt to generate precipitation. (Image credi...
A volcanic eruption seen from space | Space photo of the day for June 17, 2026
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Was life delivered to Earth by asteroids with a helping hand from Jupiter?
Click for next article An illustration of our solar system. The asteroid belt is located between Mars and Jupiter, sepa...
Diagnostic dilemma: Viral infection caused woman not to recognize her own father
Following a COVID-19 infection, a woman had trouble recognizing familiar faces. (This is a stock photo.) (Image credit:...