A new study suggests that Neanderthals experienced a dramatic loss of genetic variation during the course of their evolution, foreshadowing their eventual extinction. Examination of semicircular ...

Australia is the fastest-moving continent on the planet, creeping northwards by 7cms every year, and will one day collide ...

BEING INVESTIGATED. WELL, THE HIGHWAY PATROL IS INVESTIGATING A CRASH THAT KILLED A 16 YEAR OLD BOY IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY. IT HAPPENED SUNDAY NIGHT ON TWIN CITIES ROAD WEST OF ALTA MESA ROAD ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago turned a victim’s brain tissue into glass. Scientists say they have figured ...

Called SPHEREx, and set for launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base no sooner than Tuesday night, ...

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NASA’s SPHEREx mission will survey the entire sky in 102 different “colors” of light, offering scientists an unprecedented ...

The cosmos is riddled with evidence that the universe began with an exotic, unfathomably rapid expansion, but scientists ...

SPHEREx is set to launch at Friday from California. Here are five things to know about NASA's latest advanced space telescope ...

Feb. 25, 2025 — On Wednesday 26 February, a thermal imaging camera blasted off to the Moon as part of NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission. This aims to map sources of water on the Moon to shed ...

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