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Why scientists are studying bird poop, the world’s fastest backflip and all about the microbes living in your sink. Plus, paleontologists at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh piece together ...

Pesticide mixtures impact ecosystems with deleterious effects throughout trophic levels, impacting ecosystem functioning and biodiversity.

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping have been recorded on a hot mic discussing how organ transplants and other medical advances could let humans live past 150 years—or even become immortal. But are these ...

Fast food companies have been experimenting with integrating artificial intelligence into their restaurants, from Flippy the burger-flipping robot at White Castle to dynamic pricing at Wendy's. One ...

If you’re concerned that your favorite may be subsumed by the growing wave of AI, Vivaldi would like you to know they plan to resist. Vivaldi, the small Norwegian-made browser which I use as an ...

The dog and animal lovers at Ginger Cat show dogs’ unconditional love leaving humans amazed every time. Tyler Robinson, 22, facing capital murder and weapons charges: Details emerge about alleged ...

The Nyayanga excavation site in Kenya, in July 2025. Fossils and Oldowan tools have been excavated from the tan and reddish-brown sediments, which date to more than 2.6 million years old. T. W.

The seas have long sustained human life, but a new UC Santa Barbara study shows that rising climate and human pressures are pushing the oceans toward a dangerous threshold. Vast and powerful, the ...

Around 70 piles of cremated human remains were found in a mass grave in a remote desert outside Las Vegas, and authorities have no idea how they got there. An anonymous source stumbled upon an ...

Scientists have, for the first time, transplanted a genetically engineered pig lung into a human. The lung tissue remained alive for nine days after the transplant despite early signs of inflammation, ...