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The Geminid meteor shower has begun. The Geminids peak overnight on Dec. 13 and 14, when up to 150 "shooting stars" per hour ...

Researchers have counted 16,600 fossilized dinosaur footprints and 1,378 swim tracks at a site in Bolivia that showcase a ...

Physicists have transformed a decades-old technique for simplifying quantum equations into a reusable, user-friendly ...

A genetic study of 80 skulls found at a Stone Age city in China has revealed that the sacrificed people were mostly men, in ...

Scientists modeled Europe's future if a key Atlantic current were to collapse and found that the continent faces a much drier ...