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Astronomers have discovered an enormous black hole the size of 36 billion suns lurking within the “Cosmic Horseshoe.” The behemoth object is one of the largest…

Name: King of the cave centipede (Cryptops speleorex)Where it lives: Movile Cave, southeastern RomaniaWhat it eats: Insects, spiders and smaller centipedesWhy it’s awesome: This deadly, yellow…

Archaeologists in China have discovered a 2,800-year-old fortified wall that predates the country’s first emperor.The wall, which runs through a narrow mountain pass in the eastern…

For many of us, the tickling response is paradoxical — the playfulness it inspires is typically enjoyable, but the overstimulated nerves and loss of control can…

What was life really like in Pompeii? This week’s science news has revealed some weird details of the lives of the illfated city’s inhabitants.First, archaeologists uncovered…

Ancient humans lived in tropical rainforests much earlier than we first thought, a new study finds.Before now, the earliest evidence of humans (Homo sapiens) living in…

A stunning photo has captured all seven of our neighboring planets in Earth’s sky at the same time, possibly for the first time ever.The composite image,…

This year’s flu shots have dramatically reduced hospitalizations for seasonal influenza, early data suggest.For kids and teens, the shots were at least 63% effective against flu…

Giant flying squirrels that were as big as house cats glided across North America around 5 million years ago, researchers have discovered, after identifying an unusual…

A Norwegian robotics firm has unveiled a knitted-nylon-covered humanoid robot designed to complete household chores.”Neo Gamma,” built by robotics company 1X, is a bipedal android equipped…