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More often than not, conspiracy theories become so far-fetched that they are both ridiculous and hard to fully disprove to die-hard believers. But the dead internet…

Evolution occurs over millennia, but it can also happen in just a few generations. For example, Darwin’s finches in the Galapagos rapidly evolved specialized beaks as…

For as long as scientists have studied trees, we have categorised them into two types based on the sort of wood they make. Softwoods include pines…

While meteorologists like to call fall at the beginning of September, astronomical autumn starts later, on the autumnal equinox. This year, it falls on Sunday, Sept.…

China has revealed that its moon-base plans will be rolled out in two distinct phases, eventually creating a series of nodes on the lunar surface and…

A long-lost moon could explain why Mars is so different from the other rocky planets in the solar system.Today, Mars has two tiny moons. But early…

The goal of the 2021 Global Methane Pledge is bold: cut methane emissions by 30% by the end of the decade. This is to buy us…

For more than 70 years, scientists have sought evidence of intelligent aliens by hunting for radio signals — interstellar messages beamed billions of miles across space.…

What it is: An image of private astronaut Jared Isaacman on the first-ever commercial spacewalkWhere it is: Partially outside the hatch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon…

Have you ever walked into a room and forgotten why you went in there, or been about to speak but suddenly realized you had no idea…