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The idea of weapons in space, once a plot of science fiction, became a reality Monday (Sept. 14), when U.S. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink revealed…

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents resorted to nefarious behavior, including crime sprees, in a virtual world as part of a recent study into how common large language…

Burning upAs the planet warms, our environment will be transformed, but so will our bodies. In this series, ‘Burning up,’ we investigate the health impacts of…

A “baby” exoplanet, discovered emerging from its cosmic cocoon around a nearby star, is the youngest alien world ever seen, a new study reveals. The planetary…

Scientists have identified an inherited genetic mutation that greatly increases the risk of lung cancer, even in people who have never smoked.The mutation involves the EGFR…

A picture of a distant, shark-shaped cloud of gas in space has earned the top prize in a Royal Observatory Greenwich contest for amateur space photographers.Dubbed…

For the first time in a century, scientists have identified a new cat species, thanks to genetic analysis — and it’s resolved a long-standing debate about…

HEIDELBERG, Germany — Often considered the slowest, most methodical and most abstract of the sciences, mathematics usually advances so incrementally and esoterically that it rarely troubles…

Archaeologists excavating a medieval settlement in northwestern Russia have unearthed an unusual 11th-century pendant that combines Christian and pagan imagery. It is the oldest amulet of…

The Amazon, Earth’s largest tropical rainforest, could be on the brink of an irreversible change as the ongoing El Niño strengthens its grip on our climate.El…