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Archaeologists have discovered a possible human sacrifice near the pyramid of Huaca Pucllana in the center of Lima, Peru. The skeleton may represent an offering connected…

Cats can identify each other based on the scent of their pee, and researchers have just decoded the secret “messages” that make that possible.A group of…

The brain develops in stages, and it’s important that certain cells form before others so that precise neural connections can emerge later. But miniature models of…

IBM has revealed a new modular, ultracold system designed to link hundreds of quantum computer chips together to solve one of the field’s biggest infrastructure bottlenecks.The…

Concerns are on the rise about young people’s social media use as governments, parents and schools look to curb children’s exposure to threats such as cyberbullying…

Astronomers have discovered the closest, fastest star ever seen orbiting Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the 4.3 million-solar-mass black hole at the heart of our galaxy. The…

NASA has finally revealed its first images of the crater made by a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage that smashed into the moon on Aug. 5.The…

Over the past decade, there’s been a revolution in archaeology as we integrate the science of ancient genomics into the study of humanity ‪—‬ and it…

The patient: A 65-year-old woman in QatarThe symptoms: The woman had been dealing with unexplained chest pain for several months, although earlier tests of her heart…

Archaeologists in the Scottish Highlands have discovered the 2,000-year-old burial of an adult in a possible ritual well. The burial may have been made during a…