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The Space Rock Stars of Brazil

An all-female research group, As Meteoriticas, scours the South American country’s interior aiming to preserve meteorites for scientific study and

In her latest book, Eugenia Cheng, a mathematician, explores the choices we make to determine if two things — numbers,

A fossil found in Argentina shows that up to the very end of the age of dinosaurs, they faced serious

A new study reveals some of the crucial molecular steps on the path to bipedalism.

Scientists have found that a single tree can be home to a trillion microbial cells — an invisible ecosystem that

In a proof of concept, researchers demonstrated that they could bioengineer a couple of hours of light into a common

To blunt the toxic arsenic in the waters where it lives, a deep-sea worm combines it with another chemical to

Honeycomb, a mathematical marvel, is made by worker bees. A new study shows that the insects are very good at

Two of the objects in the arrangement are cold brown dwarfs, which will serve as a benchmark for others throughout

The genome of a small, remarkable sea horse offers a surprising lesson in nature’s creativity.