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There might be a hidden ocean’s worth of liquid water below the surface of Mars, seismic evidence suggests.According to a new paper published April 25 in…

An outbreak of 10 serious Listeria infections that led to hospitalization has been linked to several ready-to-eat products, including snack boxes and sandwiches.So far, officials have…

A provocative new hypothesis suggests that Yosemite Valley was carved by an ancient volcano and a disappearing river, both of which have long since eroded away.Geologists…

Scientists have revealed how much of the vast deep ocean floor humankind has observed, and it’s a staggeringly small amount.According to a new study published May…

An ancient tomb in Greece does not hold the remains of Philip II, the father of Alexander the Great, as some scholars think it does, a…

Australia is rather isolated today, but around 120 million years ago, the island straddled the polar circle and formed a giant landmass with Antarctica. At that…

Have you ever found yourself in a museum’s gallery of human origins, staring at a glass case full of rocks labeled “stone tools,” muttering under your…

The idea that Earth may operate as a single, self-regulating, living organism has existed for decades, emerging in the 1970s as the Gaia hypothesis. In this…

Ever since the dawn of computing, people have compared machines to brains. This includes two founding fathers of computing — John von Neumann wrote a book…

Name: Hatnefer’s Heart ScarabWhat it is: Gold and serpentinite rockWhere it is from: Thebes (modern-day Luxor), EgyptWhen it was made: Around 1473 B.C.Related: Hårby Valkyrie: A…