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A volcanic crater in Indonesia over 7,700 feet (2,350 meters) above sea level is home to Earth’s largest acidic lake, with water like battery acid. In…

You can knock a good telescope out, but you can’t keep it down. Using data from the now-destroyed Arecibo radio telescope, scientists from the Search for…

Name: Turuchan pika (Ochotona turuchanensis)Where it lives: Mountains of central SiberiaWhat it eats: Plants and vegetation, including nettlesWhy it’s awesome: Central Siberia may be a harsh…

Scientists have created the world’s first mechanical qubit: a tiny, moving system that stores quantum information using vibrations instead of electric currents or light.Qubits are the…

When you think of electric fields, you likely think of electricity — the stuff that makes modern life possible by powering everything from household appliances to…

You may have noticed that your cat’s tail moves in all sorts of ways, from quivering in an upright position, to swishing from side to side,…

The most expensive dinosaur fossil ever sold at auction is now on public display at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City.”Apex,”…

Emily Calandrelli made history on Nov. 22, 2024, when she became the 100th woman to go to space. But thanks to “small men on the internet,”…

U.S. dairies must now send samples of raw milk to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) so the agency can test them for bird flu, per…

The community of microbes that live in the gut, known as the gut microbiome, may have fueled the evolution of humans’ huge brains, a new study…