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A new review of ocean data suggests that more than 99.999 percent of the global deep seafloor has never been seen by humans.

Scientists at Europe’s famous particle collider briefly created gold ions from lead in a modern twist on the alchemical goal ...

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Conceptual problems, ideology clashes and xenophobia prevented the concept of zero from catching on for a long time. Today ...

After billions of dollars in spending and decades of planning, NASA may be forced to abandon precious samples of air, rock ...

The word itself comes from galaktikós kyklos, or “milky circle,” the ancient Greek term for the Milky Way, our home galaxy.

A bipartisan group in Congress is drafting a sweeping bill to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency—in some cases, ...

For most of her life, Alyssa Fraser took comfort in cooking. Fraser, a former food reporter from Minnesota, used to relish the process of whipping up her favorite chicken and vegetable recipe or ...