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STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State Professor Renée M. Clary is the 2025 recipient of the Geological Society of America’s ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

This is the opposite of “watch it all this month and cancel”; it’s a slow-burn archive you can tap whenever curiosity spikes.

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Miami, The Ohio State University, University of Michigan and ...

Because this record survived, we know more about ancient Chinese history, the rotation of the Earth, and past solar activity ...

Ten great stories about 10 forgotten female scientists that we hope will inspire middle school readers to pursue their own ...

Three thought experiments involving “demons” have haunted physics for centuries. What should we make of them today?

These days, we would call them proprietary blends. But in the late 1500s and early 1600s, individual alchemists called the ...

The Hjortspring boat carried warriors on an attempted attack of a Danish island over 2,000 years ago. Archaeologists have new ...

Charles “Buffalo” Jones invented the cow-buffalo hybrid in 1888. His intention? To create the hardiest free-range livestock ...

Everyone at the party was praising love, calling it beautiful and benevolent. Diotima says this cannot be the case. Love is ...