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Google wants to release 64 million bacteria-riddled mosquitoes in California and Florida — but scientists aren’t concerned.The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reviewing an application made…

After 11 years studying Mars from above, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft is officially dead, the agency announced in a statement on Wednesday (June 3). The culprit: a…

The Celestron NexStar 8SE has long been considered to be one of the best telescopes on the market. In our Celestron NexStar 8SE review, our trusted…

A cheap, widely available painkiller used to treat conditions like arthritis can significantly reduce RSV in the human respiratory tract, an early-stage laboratory study suggests.Respiratory syncytial…

In a first-of-its-kind discovery, astronomers claim they have directly measured the magnetic fields of multiple planets beyond our solar system — potentially providing a crucial new…

For Sony and Leica users wanting an affordable lens option for wildlife photography, SIGMA offers some attractive options. We spent some time with the SIGMA 150-600mm…

The patient: An 11-year-old boy in IndiaThe symptoms: The boy’s parents brought him to a hospital after he had several episodes of bleeding from his eyes,…

Ötzi the Iceman’s skin and stomach are teeming with yeasts that infiltrated his remains shortly after his murder 5,300 years ago — and some may still…

Researchers at ETH Zurich have demonstrated a means of generating “perfect randomness” by using entangled superconducting qubits.Creating true randomness is extremely difficult. Even the most sophisticated…

China just launched its rival to SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket for the first time, reportedly without providing any advance safety warnings.The 236-foot-tall (72 meters) March 12B…