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For millennia, an ethnic group in what’s now southwest China placed their dead in “hanging coffins” on cliffsides, but their identity has long eluded researchers. Now,…

Humans were isolated in southern Africa for about 100,000 years, which caused them to “fall outside the range of genetic variation” seen in modern-day people, a…

China’s efforts to slow land degradation and climate change by planting trees and restoring grasslands have shifted water around the country in huge, unforeseen ways, new…

Death Valley has held the record for the hottest air temperature ever measured near Earth’s surface for 112 years, but now scientists are calling for the…

People are more likely to exploit female AI partners than male ones — showing that gender-based discrimination has an impact beyond human interactions.A recent study, published…

The patient: A 32-year-old woman in ShanghaiThe symptoms: The woman went to the hospital with a persistent cough accompanied by occasional bloody phlegm, which she would…

A “super-puff” exoplanet is leaking a lot of helium into space, new observations show — and may be in the process of losing a lot of…

Anacondas have been giant for millions of years, a new study finds.The enormous snakes’ average body size has remained constant since they first appeared in the…

A dropped vase, a crushed sugar cube and an exploding bubble all have something in common: They break apart in similar ways, a new mathematical equation…

Archaeologists in Greece have uncovered the grave of an ousted noblewoman whom they are calling “The Lady with the Inverted Diadem.” The seventh-century-B.C. burial is notable…