Science
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Oldest-known Ant Fossil Found in Brazil Preserved in Limestone
Scientists have identified the fossilized remains of the oldest-known ant — a winged insect with ...
May 16, 2025
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Elite 5,000-year-old Woman’s Tomb Unearthed in Coastal Peru
LIMA (Reuters) — Archaeologists in coastal Peru have discovered the 5,000-year-old remains of a w...
May 16, 2025
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NASA Rover Finds Fresh Evidence of Warm, Wet past of Mars
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A mineral called siderite found abundantly in rock drilled by a NASA rover...
May 16, 2025
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Chimps Drum with Regular Rhythm When They Beat on Tree Trunks
Chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when they beat on tree trunks, a new study shows.
...May 15, 2025
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Rare N.Z. Snail Filmed for 1st Time Laying Egg from Its Neck
WELLINGTON (AP) — The strange reproductive habits of a large, carnivorous New Zealand snail were ...
May 15, 2025
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Europe Pledges Half a Billion Euros to Lure Scientists as Trump Battles Universities
PARIS (Reuters) — The European Union and France on May 5 announced half a billion euros worth of ...
May 14, 2025
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Bite Marks Reveal Gladiator’s Fatal Encounter with Lion in Roman Britain
In Rome’s Colosseum and other amphitheaters in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roma...
May 3, 2025
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Comet-like Planet Observed Disintegrating near Its Star
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Astronomers have spotted a small rocky planet that orbits perilously close...
May 3, 2025
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Science Caught in Crossfire of Trump’s Fight with Universities
Harvard scientist Dr. Donald Ingber, who works where medicine and engineering meet, saw federal f...
May 2, 2025
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Scientists Discover Strongest Evidence Yet of Life on Exoplanet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space T...
April 25, 2025
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Taking Mental Health Leave from Work Is Option Most People Don’t Know about
NEW YORK (AP) — Her first panic attack came at a company-wide meeting, right before her scheduled...
April 23, 2025
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Colombia’s Lonely Chimp Finds New Home in Brazil
PEREIRA, Colombia (AFP-Jiji) — Kidnapped from his family as an infant, then raised by a drug lord...
April 23, 2025
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Onishi Takes Control of ISS as 3rd Japanese Commander; ‘Just Like Being Passed the Baton’
WASHINGTON — Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi officially assumed the role of International Space ...
April 20, 2025
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Rarely Seen Cave Art Holds Prehistoric Secrets in France
LE BUISSON-DE-CADOUIN, France (AFP-Jiji) — Deep inside a labyrinthine cave in southwestern France...
April 18, 2025
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Jawbone Found in Taiwan Belongs to Ancient Cousins of Homo Sapiens
An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors c...
April 16, 2025
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