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While analyzing a 10 billion-year-old radio signal, astronomers discovered a “mini-halo” — a cloud of energetic particles — around a…

NPR’s Juana Summers speaks with Mikhail Chester, professor of engineering at Arizona State University, about how extreme heat affects transportation…

A mysterious “runner” dinosaur, only about the size of a dog, scurried around the ancient floodplains of what is now…

Scientists have spotted a massive planet where one shouldn’t be able to exist, according to leading theories of planet formation.…

African giving practices are an integral part of the continent’s rich cultural tapestry. They reflect a profound understanding of the…

Two scientists will share a Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for research that has revolutionized our understanding of multiple sclerosis.…

The U.S. National Weather Service forecasts tornado outbreaks—often days in advance—and issues the watches and warnings that help people know…

In China, it is known as “the lonely disease”. The Japanese term translates as “intentionally shut”. Across the world, there…

Your sex life absent from the bedroom? Let’s talk about it. Between the demands of motherhood, work, and simply being…

Physicists have created a new type of time crystal that may help confirm some fundamental theories about quantum interactions. A…