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There are two ways to try to get attention on the science blogs and in the space nerd circuit: One, claim that there’s a deep, …

Doctors gave Phoebe Snetsinger a year to live when they diagnosed her with melanoma in 1981, she decided to spend her remaining time birding. In …

Low-frequency noises produced by ships could be hurting endangered whale species, according to a new study. The study, published Tuesday in PeerJ, concludes that smaller …

Half a century ago—when the Beatles album Revolver was released on Aug. 5, 1966, in the U.K.—John Lennon ended the last song on the record …

It’s a stunning photo. A 3,300-ton ship appears like a two-story house next to a giant skyscraper of ice. But there’s more to the photo …

For the first time, scientists have captured images of the big shockwave of an exploding star. Data collected by NASA’s Kepler space telescope, and being …

Australia’s famous Great Barrier Reef has fallen victim to its worst-ever instance of coral bleaching, with a new survey revealing that 93% of the reef …

Correction appended, April 20 Losing your virginity may seem like a product of circumstance, but according to a new study, the age at which you …

Last month was the hottest January ever recorded, the ninth straight month to break such a record, government scientists said Wednesday. The average temperature around …

Less than a century since DDT was first sprayed, the spread of the Zika virus through mosquitoes has left some wondering whether regulators were too …