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Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth. The model, which upends the decades-old "hard steps"...
While most look for ways to avoid the steady rain falling from atmospheric rivers, some take advantage of the unwieldy weather patterns to improve forecasts and to help control, and ultimately modernize, the complex labyrinth of...

Do aliens exist? We studied what scientists really think

News stories about the likely existence of extraterrestrial life, and our chances of detecting it, tend to be positive. We are often told that...

‘What is that?’ Scientists explain white patch that appears near northern lights

A whitish, gray patch that sometimes appears in the night sky alongside the northern lights has been explained for the first time by researchers...

Scientists reveal overlooked ocean processes crucial for carbon storage

A new study has unveiled the key mechanisms that preserve organic carbon in the ocean—a poorly understood but vital process that influences the Earth's...

Scientists have identified an estimated 10% of all species on Earth. Here’s what they found in 2024

A toothy toadstool. A vegetarian piranha with a distinctive mark. And a pygmy pipehorse floating in the Indian Ocean shallows. These wild wonders were among...

Scientists gather to decode puzzle of the world’s rarest whale in ‘extraordinary’ New Zealand study

It is the world's rarest whale, with only seven of its kind ever spotted. Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic species. But on...

A fossil first: Scientists find 1.5-million-year-old footprints of two different species of human ancestors at same spot

More than a million years ago, on a hot savanna teeming with wildlife near the shore of what would someday become Lake Turkana in...

Peru scientists unveil crocodile fossil up to 12 million years old

Paleontologists unveiled on Wednesday the fossil of a young marine crocodile dating back 10 to 12 million years that was discovered in a Peruvian...

Mysterious craters exploded in Siberia’s permafrost. Scientists say they now know why

A decade ago, a mysterious crater appeared in the Russian Arctic, forming a huge jagged hole hundreds of feet wide, plunging down into an...

Scientists discover one of the Earth’s earliest animals in Australian outback

In the shadow of South Australia's largest mountain range beneath the outback soil lies a fossil record that reveals a rich history of life...

Scientists now know what the head of the biggest bug to ever crawl the Earth looked like

As if the largest bug to ever live—a monster nearly 9 feet long with as many as 64 legs—wasn't terrifying enough, scientists could only...

Scientists uncover details of a catastrophic volcanic eruption and flood over 1,000 years ago

In the year 946 CE, the Changbaishan-Tianchi volcano, on the border between China and North Korea, erupted ferociously. The eruption released dozens of cubic...

Scientists offer a detailed look at the skeleton of an ancient predator that thrived in extreme conditions

Imagine a world on the brink of collapse: volcanic eruptions spewing toxic gases, oceans turning acidic, and up to 90% of Earth's species vanishing...

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