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The Hubble Space Telescope has recorded higher wind speeds in the famous Jovian storms in recent years.
Life expectancy dropped in 27 out of 29 countries studied last year, with some places experiencing the largest declines since World War II.
The all-private crew remained calm, despite not always being able to communicate with mission controllers on the ground.
A new consensus statement argues that the potential risks of the popular painkiller on fetal development may outweigh its benefits.
Despite being incredibly metal, the ankylosaur's spikes were made of bone.
The crustaceans’ anatomy divulges little of their age, so scientists checked their DNA.
The man was plagued by an unknown species related to the Guinea worm, one that may have recently jumped from reptiles to humans.
“Only a member of the absolute cream of society would have been able to collect a treasure like the one found here.”
A small study found that even newborns can carry microplastics in their system, while infants seem to have much higher levels than adults.
Attacks by bears on mountain goats are common—but the horned herbivores have the means to defend themselves.
Fossilized human footprints in New Mexico appear to be up to 23,000 years old, left behind by teenagers and young children.
Evidence from a Bulgarian cave suggests early humans in southeast Europe faced subarctic conditions for thousands of years.
Numerous studies suggesting ivermectin can treat or prevent covid-19 have dodgy data behind them, according to an international group of researchers.
The agency said booster shots can be given to individuals at least six months after they receive their first 2-dose series and any time after that.
The four-year-long study found that children in the treatment group were three times less likely to be diagnosed with autism by age 3.
Crew member Chris Sembroski said it best: “Holy shit.”
The new approach could eliminate the need for harmful dyes and pigments in printer inks.
We do it with our arms, so what’s so surprising about dinosaurs putting some pep in their step?
The aerial microchips could eventually track pollution and diseases.
The void exists between the constellations Perseus and Taurus and could be over 10 million years old.
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