Astronomy fans can zoom in practically forever into the stunning first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory ...

For more than a century, cars have meant freedom, escape and self-reinvention to Americans. Now Tesla’s forthcoming Cybercab ...

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NOAA’s Hurricane Hunter airplane missions significantly increase the accuracy of hurricane forecasts, but President Trump’s ...

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The Danish government deputized private detectorists to unearth artifacts buried in farm fields. Their finds are revealing ...

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A Denisovan skull has been identified for the first time. The find was based on proteins and calcified dental plaque ...

On New Year’s Day about 15 years ago, we spent hours looking for our cat. The fireworks had frightened the poor animal so much that it had hidden somewhere. We searched all its favorite places ...