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People used highly sophisticated boats to travel the Mediterranean Sea almost 7,000 years ago, according to a study published March 20, 2024, in the open-access…

Citizens in the United States struggle to distinguish between facts and political opinions. This may not be the news you wanted to hear during an…

For the first time, an orca (killer whale) was spotted individually swallowing a great white shark in less than two minutes. “The astonishing predation off…

A 30 million-year-old fossil whale may not be the biggest mammal of all time, according to a new study by paleontologists at UC Davis and…

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is expanding scientists’ understanding of planet formation by studying their birthplaces and the circumstellar disks that encircle young stars.…

Correcting 50-year-old math flaws that explain how electromagnetic waves disperse electrons trapped in Earth’s magnetic fields could lead to greater space technology safety. “The discovery…

Astronomers can use supercomputers to recreate galaxies’ creation from the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago to today. However, there are other reasons for the…

Meteorites that have impacted our planet over the years have left us with a mystery: significant amounts of xenon appear to be vanishing from the…

Gravitationally speaking, the universe is a chaotic place. Gravitational waves from unknown sources travel unexpectedly through space, presumably from the early universe. Scientists have been…

Researchers discovered water vapor in the disk surrounding a young star, just where planets may be developing. Water is an essential component of life on…