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Learn why a lichen found in the Mojave Desert has become key evidence in the search for extraterrestrial life.

Discover why Antarctica no longer has lush forests with giant ferns and how ancient fires fueled intense volcanic activity.

Can you smell bugs? Learn more about how our sense of smell work, and why that can lead some to be able to smell insects.

Researchers identify the world’s 48th blood group system after a rare case stumps doctors.

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Learn more about the volcanic ash researchers found in the sediment around Lake Mead’s now exposed shoreline, and how it ...

Learn more about a group of orcas in the Pacific Northwest that have been observed making and using tools to groom each other ...

Learn how starfish got their shape after a complicated evolutionary process, starting with an ancestor that lived 500 million ...

Discover more about Newgrange and the people who were buried there. And what those people can tell us about the elites of ...