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Dense field of stars and distant galaxies containing COSMOS-z3.1-A.
Learn how ancient clusters of galaxies — including the most distant proto-supercluster ever found — could provide clues on galactic evolution. 

Prehistoric Builders Transported 25-Ton Stones 11 Miles to Build Britain's Tallest Surviving Stone Row

The First Known Denisovan Forearm Bone Emerges From a Search Through 60,000 Bone Fragments

Three Rock Hyrax Pups Born at Chester Zoo Are “Little Chaos Potatoes” With Surprisingly Close Elephant Relatives

Ozempic's Active Ingredient Linked to Lower Hospitalization Risk in Bipolar Disorder

various silver pieces on a red cloth

Gardener Uncovers the Largest Viking Silver Hoard in Danish History, Containing 700 Pieces and Weighing Over 40 Pounds

Overlapping silver- and gold-colored Roman coins.

Nearly 4 Million Coins Show How Rome Built an Economy Across Its Conquered Territories

ancient human using tools to make fire

1,500 Animal Remains and Tools Suggest Neanderthals Returned to This Spanish Cave for Generations

man holding fossilized dinosaur rib

66-Million-Year-Old Mineralized Blood Vessels Reveal How the Largest Known T. rex Began Healing a Broken Rib

Space debris

Aluminum Eggshells Could One Day Help Protect Spacecraft From Dangerous Space Debris

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How You Sit Matters, and Breaking Up Long Sessions May Lower Cancer Death Risk

The 2D MOT apparatus

Einstein's Equivalence Principle Passes a Quantum Test

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Scientists Captured Trillionth-of-a-Second Snapshots of a Chemical Reaction Essential to Life

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More Than 1,200 Genetic Variants Linked to Personality Traits Like Extraversion and Conscientiousness

Green katydid on a leaf

165-Million-Year-Old Insect Fossils Help Reconstruct What a Jurassic Forest May Have Sounded Like

blacksmith forge making an arrow

Ancient Blacksmiths May Have Hammered Away a Meteorite's Cosmic Signature

Young chimpanzee reaching toward an adult chimpanzee sitting in a forested enclosure.

Young Chimpanzees Develop Distinct Vocal Accents That Become Stronger With Age

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