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When it comes to the “silly money” category of lenses, they are typically those ridiculously long prime lenses that make your arms ache just by looking…

The patient: A 14-year-old boy in the United KingdomThe symptoms: The teen was brought to his family’s general practitioner because he felt unusually tired. His doctor…

The use of nicotine pouches is increasing among teenagers and young adults in the U.S. As researchers who study nicotine use among young people and develop…

Scientists in Australia are deep-freezing koala eggs and sperm as a “genetic backup” to save the wild population from future extinction.The backup could be used to…

Researchers have extracted DNA from a 50,000-year-old tooth belonging to an African antelope, setting a record for the oldest DNA ever retrieved from sub-Saharan Africa, a…

Extreme coastal flooding events are occurring far more frequently in our warming world than ever before, threatening countless communities that will only become more vulnerable as…

QUICK FACTSWhere is it? Over the BahamasWhat’s in the photo? The space shuttle Atlantis, preparing to dock with the International Space Station (ISS)Who took the photo?…

Archaeologists have found five pairs of iron shackles at a 2,300-year-old Celtic site in France ‪—‬ a discovery that suggests the small settlement was frequented by…

Interstellar space just got a little sweeter: A type of sugar called erythrulose has been found near the center of the Milky Way, according to a…

QUICK FACTSName: Elamite helmet with divine figuresWhat it is: A bronze helmet with gold decorationsWhere it is from: Southwestern IranWhen it was made: Circa 1500 to…