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Every time you use your smartphone to send a text, take a photo or post to social media, countless electrons are doing the heavy lifting behind…

Octopuses are known to smack fish when they get too close. But while it might seem unsporting for an animal with eight arms to start a…

The first photos from today’s total solar eclipse are here, and they’re spectacular.Captured Wednesday (Aug. 12) by NASA scientists during a special eclipse livestream from Spain,…

Despite historical portrayals, the dodo was a relatively intelligent bird that might have spent much of its life in the dark, new research suggests.Dodos were traditionally…

For space fans and skywatchers, Wednesday, Aug. 12 is destined to be a date for the history books. Viewers in North America — including Alaska, eastern…

Though the spectacular sight of a total solar eclipse feels like a rare experience, on a planetary scale, the average time between two such events is…

Researchers have developed a tent that harvests energy from its own motion ‪—‬ a process that could one day power small devices in shelters, disaster zones…

The patient: An 82-year-old woman in Bologna, ItalyThe symptoms: The woman was admitted to the hospital with abdominal pain that had worsened over the previous four…

A wild widow spider behavior involving a backflip into death during sex has a simple genetic explanation, new research finds.Male redback spiders (Latrodectus hasselti) — Australia’s…

The largest 2D map of the universe just dropped, and it’s a stunner. Compiled from more than a decade of observations, the new map charts 4…