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An Odd Hole on the Moon's Surface May Lead to an Underground Cave That Could Shelter Future Astronauts

Learn about a NASA payload that will explore a pit on the Moon to find an underground cave that could shelter astronauts during future missions.

Newly Identified 165-Million-Year-Old Otter-Like Mammal Was a Top Predator in Jurassic Waterways

Mutated Influenza Strain May Explain the Early Start to Fall 2026 Flu Season

A Broken Neanderthal Spear Survives as a 40,000-Year-Old Imprint

At 194, a 450-Pound Tortoise Is the Oldest Living Land Animal, and its DNA May Help Explain Why

Reconstruction of the extinct Egyptian crocodile Herugavialis cairensis with the Great Sphinx.

This Newly Identified Species of Extinct Crocodile is Missing the Tip of Its Nose, Just Like the Great Sphinx

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Long COVID Fatigue May Be Linked to Reduced Blood Flow in the Brain

person washing a whole raw chicken

Blue Light Killed 64 Strains of Food Poisoning Bacteria and Could One Day Make Chicken Safer

Bolotana village in Sardinia

100-Year-Old Women in a Tiny Sardinian Village Could Make it the World’s Next Blue Zone

ancient life on the seafloor

The First Animals May Have Arrived 200-Million Years Earlier Than Previously Thought

Atomic testing in 1951

The Totskoye Nuclear Exercise Exposed Soldiers to Radiation to Prepare for a Potential Third World War

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Two Recent Marathon Deaths Highlight Rare but Serious Risks for Endurance Runners

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How to Watch October's Full Moon, Meteor Showers, and Halloween Fireballs Light Up the Night Sky

Person pouring whiskey into a glass outside

Testing Whisky in Space Using an Artificial Tongue Could Help Explore Foundations for Orbital Factories

woman drinking a creatine shake

Creatine May Help Middle-Aged Adults Maintain Strength Without a Structured Workout Routine

Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria

An Unexplained Death at a Siberian Plague Institute Leaves Nearly 200 Under Observation

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Archaeologists Reconstruct a 2,000-Year-Old Celtic Coin Hoard Scattered by Centuries of Plowing

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