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These female divers spend more time underwater than any...

At an average age of 70, these women divers in South Korea still forage in the s...

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The oldest known black hole formed more than 13.3 billi...

The Webb telescope found that a far-off little red dot is the oldest known black...

Ancient hominids made long road trips to collect stone ...

A Kenyan site shows early hominids transported stone 13 kilometers for toolmakin...

Streaked shearwaters poop only while flying over the ocean

In-flight defecation may help the birds stay away from feces that can contain pa...

Astronauts need oxygen. Magnets could help

Adding a magnet could simplify the process of producing oxygen in space, making ...

How flossing a mouse’s teeth could lead to a new kind o...

Flu viruses often enter the body through mucous tissue in the nose. Researchers ...

See how aerosols loft through Earth’s sky

Aerosols, small particles in the atmosphere like salt and dust, may offset a thi...

Squashing the spotted lanternfly problem may require en...

The invasive spotted lanternfly has spread to 17 states and can threaten vineyar...

Dinosaur teeth reveal some were picky eaters

The enamel in fossilized teeth reveals some dinosaurs preferred to eat particula...

Scientists re-create a legendary golden fabric from cla...

Sea silk, once spun from endangered clams, may make a comeback — thanks to disca...

This ancient Siberian ice mummy had a talented tattooist

Researchers reconstructed a roughly 2,000-year-old woman’s tattoos, from prowlin...

New clues emerge on how foods spark anaphylaxis

In two studies of mice, a molecule called leukotriene helped trigger food-induce...

A giant planet may orbit our closest sunlike neighbor

Alpha Centauri A, four light-years from Earth, may host a gas giant. If confirme...

7 stone tools might rewrite the timeline of hominid mig...

Excavated implements suggest a Homo species arrived on Sulawesi over 1 million y...

A newly discovered gene helped this moss defy gravity

A gene called IBSH1 helped spreading earthmoss thrive at high gravity, hinting a...