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The PigeonBot could help improve wing design, and may advance understanding of avian evolution. ...read more
The finding may help physicists better understand where cosmic rays — energetic particles that permeate the universe — come from. ...read more
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Everywhere scientists look, from the surface of the land to deep in the oceans, the long-term trend of global warming is unequivocal — as is the cause: us. ...read more
Located just 4.2 light-years away, the star Proxima Centauri now has both an Earth-like world in its habitable zone and a more distant super-Earth. ...read more
We can thank the Babylonians for our seven-day week. ...read more
Scientists say abnormal brain wave activity is behind essential tremor, a movement disorder that causes involuntary trembling. ...read more
Like it or not, our fat cells are with us for life — even if we lose weight. ...read more
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