Researchers say if the star was any more massive it would likely collapse under its own weight and explode
Researchers estimate the body of water once held as much as 26 billion cubic feet of H2O that has now all drained into the ocean
Researchers spotted both events using sensors to locate ripples in spacetime that traveled 900 million years to reach Earth
A Stone Age shaman may have used the carving during special rituals
In the 1940s, the country recorded 30 million cases of malaria each year
Sculptor Richard Hunt designed the statue, which is called 'Light of Truth'
Interactive exhibitions pose questions about the decision to drop the nuclear bomb, the Red Scare, Truman's foreign policy and more
The stellar explosion may explain an odd event documented by Chinese astronomers in 1054 C.E.
Greek police recovered two paintings by Picasso and Mondrian, stolen 9 years ago in an early morning caper, after a 49-year-old man confessed to the crime
Unlike the 'Black Death' in the 14th century, the ancient infection probably did not spread quickly between people
The researchers say the cataclysmic impact may have simply been the final nail in the dinos’ coffin
The chambers are finally on view after a $29.8 million restoration
The oldest modern coronavirus is about 820 years old, but humanity has been fighting similar viruses for millennia
Chicago leaders voted to rename the city's iconic lakeside roadway after a Black trader and the first non-Indigenous settler in the region
The living Shark Bay mouse turned out to be genetically identical to the formerly extinct Gould’s mouse
Cities in Oregon and Washington have surpassed 100 degrees Fahrenheit for several consecutive days
Researchers found the skeletal remains at a prehistoric hunter-gatherer cemetery in Japan
Three people who received a high dose of the gene editing tool in a clinical study saw significant improvement in their condition
Past genetic studies on feline domestication hadn't included this wildcat native to the Tibetan Plateau
A genetic mutation linked to melanoma in humans gives the lizards their lemony-hue—and triggers tumor growth on their scaly skin
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