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Nine in 10 people around the world breathe polluted air

May. 2, 2018
Vatican Secret Archives deciphered with artificial intelligence

May. 1, 2018
Largest mass sacrifice of children uncovered in Peru

Apr. 27, 2018
Thousands fewer children die in sub-Saharan Africa thanks to regular antibiotics

Apr. 27, 2018
Pacific atolls could become uninhabitable as soon as 2030

Apr. 26, 2018
Exploding ants sacrifice themselves to save their colony

Apr. 26, 2018
Gene therapy scores success at treating thalassemia

Apr. 19, 2018
Scientists accidentally found this octopus nursery deep in the Pacific Ocean

Apr. 18, 2018
Amateur mathematician cracks decades-old math problem

Apr. 18, 2018
Global trove of rare earth metals found in Japan’s deep-sea mud

Apr. 13, 2018
Humans may have developed flat foreheads to communicate with eyebrows

Apr. 10, 2018
Scientists say they’ve found a new human organ

Mar. 28, 2018
Satellites uncover 81 pre-Columbian settlements in the Amazon

Mar. 27, 2018
Arctic sea ice had second worst year on record

Mar. 23, 2018
Watch this ‘smoke-breathing’ elephant, which has puzzled scientists

Mar. 22, 2018
Prehistoric visit from nearby star disturbed comets in our solar system

Mar. 22, 2018
The North Aral Sea—once near death—is coming back to life

Mar. 19, 2018
Disk galaxies rotate once every billion years, no matter their size

Mar. 15, 2018
Male brown widow spiders fancy older females—even though they’re likely to get eaten

Mar. 15, 2018
How to blow up an asteroid with a nuclear bomb

Mar. 14, 2018
These are the best guard dogs, according to science

Mar. 13, 2018
Krill can break down microplastics—but that may not be a good thing

Mar. 12, 2018
Sickle cell anemia traced back to one baby born 7300 years ago

Mar. 9, 2018
Bones on remote Pacific island were likely Amelia Earhart’s

Mar. 9, 2018