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Deep-sea divers take careful measures to avoid “the bends,” a painful condition where gas bubbles form in divers’ blood and tissues when they ascend from the…

A push to raise the minimum age for social media and other online services is gaining momentum, beginning with Australia, which recently banned those under 16…

Just over two weeks after the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12 comes an encore. On the night of Aug. 27–28, a very deep partial lunar…

Every time you use your smartphone to send a text, take a photo or post to social media, countless electrons are doing the heavy lifting behind…

Octopuses are known to smack fish when they get too close. But while it might seem unsporting for an animal with eight arms to start a…

The first photos from today’s total solar eclipse are here, and they’re spectacular.Captured Wednesday (Aug. 12) by NASA scientists during a special eclipse livestream from Spain,…

Despite historical portrayals, the dodo was a relatively intelligent bird that might have spent much of its life in the dark, new research suggests.Dodos were traditionally…

For space fans and skywatchers, Wednesday, Aug. 12 is destined to be a date for the history books. Viewers in North America — including Alaska, eastern…

Though the spectacular sight of a total solar eclipse feels like a rare experience, on a planetary scale, the average time between two such events is…

Researchers have developed a tent that harvests energy from its own motion ‪—‬ a process that could one day power small devices in shelters, disaster zones…