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Atoms are allowed to move about and interact freely. The researchers then turn on a lattice made of light that, for a fr ...

E lon Musk's private space firm SpaceX now has its own municipality in Texas, complete with its own Mayor and Commissioner, ...

The rich soil holds thousands of tons of carbon, crafted over centuries upon centuries by ancient Indigenous cultures.

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On the night of June 11, 1962, three prisoners – Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin – launched one of the ...

I mprints of evolution can be seen among the Haenyeo of South Korea. After generations of foraging for food on the seabed, ...

Yet the Northern Aché are related to and descended from other Tupi-speaking groups that do sing lullabies, dance, and make ...

T he dodo has become an enduring symbol of humanity’s role in driving species to extinction. By the late 17th century, European colonizers had wiped this flightless bird from the planet. Practically ...

Contestants in the ongoing Vesuvius Challenge continue to reveal more information about the calcified scrolls once buried by ...

A new-to-science species of worm has just pulled out one hell of a party trick: it can squash up like an accordion to a ...

As omnivores they’ll take what’s going, but are adept hunters that likely use their long spiny legs as a way to trap prey (th ...