The diminutive, now-extinct humans known as the "hobbits" were scavengers who dined on dwarf elephants after Komodo dragons took the best cuts, archaeologists have discovered. The finding upends the ...

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Space Astronomy James Webb telescope may have discovered a mysterious, never-before-seen substance on Pluto and Titan A new study has identified a very specific wavelength of light missing from both ...

Planet Earth Climate change 'Uncharted territory': Record high ocean temperatures confirmed for June as El Niño strengthens its grip Global sea surface temperatures reached record highs for June as a ...

To get to the bottom of the 500-year-old Medici cold case, an international group of researchers tested the bones of two of Cosimo I's sons: Cardinal Giovanni de' Medici and Grand Duke Francesco I de' ...

Physics & Mathematics Particle Physics CERN shuts down Large Hadron Collider until 2030, upgrading the atom smasher to its most powerful form yet The Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest atom ...

Planet Earth Plants 66 billion trees have been planted in China's Great Green Wall — and they appear to be growing faster than natural forests A study of China's planted and natural forests reveals ...

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Planet Earth Geology 'Unequivocal evidence' of Earth's oldest impact crater turns out to be off by half a billion years A new study updates the age of Earth's oldest known meteorite impact crater, the ...

Space Astronomy James Webb telescope finds a cosmic cloud of creation buried in the Sword of Orion — Space photo of the week A new James Webb telescope snap shows off the glowing gas, sculpted jets ...