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Earth is rocky, wet and older than the hills. But do you know its secrets? For instance, why do deserts form next to oceans, and what’s…

— Net BounceThe world of table tennis may be in for a shake-up after Sony’s AI division unveiled Ace — an autonomous robot that can compete with…

Oil spills in the Persian Gulf are visible from space after Iranian and U.S.-Israeli air strikes hit oil facilities and tankers across the region, satellite images…

NASA’s next-generation spacesuits still aren’t ready, and the delay could push back the Artemis moon landings by more than three years, an audit report claims.The new…

In the largest and longest trial of its kind, 90% of people who received an experimental gene therapy for congenital deafness showed marked improvements in their…

A section of Mars is covered in a surprising number of features that look like clumps of giant, fossilized reptile scales, new photos reveal. But don’t…

The patient: A 17-year-old girl in CaliforniaThe symptoms: The teenager went to an emergency department after experiencing vomiting episodes for about a day. Over the prior…

After nearly half a century in space, the Voyager 1 spacecraft just shut down one of its last remaining science instruments in a desperate attempt to…

Atlantic Ocean currents that are vital for keeping Earth’s climate in check will halve in strength by 2100 and may be closer to collapse than first…

Neanderthal toddlers grew faster than their modern human counterparts, likely as an adaptation to living in a cold, harsh environment, new research suggests.The discovery, which was…