How the world’s ‘oldest known humpback whale’ has survived is a mystery
First spotted in 1972, Old Timer is now a male of at least 53 years,...
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NASA still deciding whether to keep 2 astronauts at space station until next year
NASA said Wednesday it’s still deciding whether to keep two astronauts at the International Space...
New Mars study suggests an ocean’s worth of water may be hiding beneath the red dusty surface
Mars may be drenched beneath its surface, with enough water hiding in the cracks of...
The Perseids are here. Here’s how to see the ‘fireballs’ of summer’s brightest meteor shower.
The Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak early Monday. Astronomers say it's one of the...
Great Barrier Reef waters were hottest in 400 years over the past decade, study finds
Ocean temperatures in the Great Barrier Reef hit their highest level in 400 years over...
Fossils suggest even smaller ‘hobbits’ roamed an Indonesian island 700,000 years ago
In 2016, researchers suspected the earlier relatives could be shorter than the hobbits after studying...
Q&A: We asked flavor scientist Arielle Johnson what makes tomatoes special (and a lot more!)
Arielle Johnson has worked with Noma, rated the world's top restaurant, at its Copenhagen fermentation...
NASA telescope spots a super Jupiter that takes more than a century to go around its star
A super Jupiter has been spotted around a neighboring star by the Webb Space Telescope...
European climate agency: Last Sunday was the hottest day on Earth in all recorded history
On Sunday, the Earth sizzled to the hottest day ever measured by humans, yet another...
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A mysterious message in a bottle was found in Bermuda waters. It was sent from Norfolk.
A message in a bottle, from Norfolk, was found by a scuba diving instructor in...