Earth whirls around the sun in an ellipse, rather than a circle. On Friday the planet will reach its farthest…
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“Well, we’re all in the mood for a melody,” Billy Joel crooned in “Piano Man,” his iconic 1973 barroom ballad.…
A trove of animal bone fragments from a cave on the Tibetan plateau reveals how Denisovans thrived in a harsh…
A bigheaded predator resembling a giant salamander found in an African fossil deposit suggests unwritten chapters of how animals moved…
The insects seem to know which injuries to treat as they engage in a behavior that seems almost human.
Bright and early on the first Saturday in January, Tomas Rokicki and a few hundred fellow enthusiasts gathered in a…
This article is part of our Pets special section on scientists’ growing interest in our animal companions. Every dog has…
Researchers at the University of Tokyo published findings on a method of attaching artificial skin to robot faces to protect…
By analyzing dog bones buried at the site, scientists found butcher marks and surprising breeds.
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will spend additional weeks in orbit as teams on the ground study malfunctioning thrusters on…