Astronomers have uncovered a vast cloud of energetic particles—a "mini halo"—surrounding one of the most distant galaxy ...

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The transition to agriculture and a sedentary lifestyle is one of the great turning points in human history. Yet how this ...

A new study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology and led by researchers at Columbia University Mailman ...

While laughter is often considered uniquely human, tied to language and sense of humor, all great apes produce remarkably ...

After nearly 20 years of operations, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is on a roll, performing a new maneuver to ...

A new study, published in Nature Nanotechnology and featured on the journal's front cover this month, has uncovered insights ...

Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq ...

We know black hole mergers occur because we can detect the resulting gravitational waves. But when trying to piece together ...

Urea is considered a possible key molecule in the origin of life. ETH researchers have discovered a previously unknown way in ...

When an extreme weather event occurs, the probability or risk of other events can often increase, leading to what researchers ...