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Charles Darwin is famous for proposing the theory of evolution by natural selection, but how much more do you know about the ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

A rare Triassic fossil unearthed in Brazil, Gondwanax paraisensis, could provide new insights into the origins of dinosaurs.

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Squanto” tells the true story of a Thanksgiving legend. Ina Garten can help with the cooking. And Robert Harris will whisk ...

Our knowledge of physics — gained through astrophysical experiments, or in laboratories via machines such as particle ...

Could social bonds be the key to human big brains? A study of the fossil teeth of early Homo from Georgia dating back 1.77 million years reveals a prolonged childhood despite a small brain and an ...

Compared to the great apes, humans have an exceptionally long childhood, during which parents, grandparents and other adults contribute to their physical and cognitive development. This is a key ...

A more colorful image of space will help us unravel the universe's mysteries NASA's ambitious SPHEREx mission will, for the first time, provide an unprecedented, colorful representation of the ...

"The Grand Canyon is an epic Rosetta Stone for geology," Denver Museum of Nature and Science geologist James Hagadorn said.