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The Science of Animal Domestication and Its History

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How Mantis Shrimp Have the Most Powerful Punch in Nature

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The Importance of Earthworms in Soil Health

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How Mosquitoes Track Humans Using Carbon Dioxide

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The Evolution of Social Behavior in Termites

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How Insects Survive Extreme Environmental Changes

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Why Fireflies Glow The Science of Bioluminescence

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How Spiders Weave Webs Stronger Than Steel

A Bee hovering while collecting pollen from sunflower blossom, Thailand.

The Role of Bees in Global Food Supply and Agriculture

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How Ant Colonies Function Like Superorganisms

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The Science Behind Butterfly Metamorphosis Explained

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Ancient Teeth Unearthed in China Reveal Secrets of a Lost Human Ancestor

New research by UAlbany anthropologist Adam D. Gordon finds substantial sexual dimorphism in some of our early human ancestors. Credit: Ken Zirkel,the Museum of Natural History

Lucy’s Secret Revealed Why Ancient Males Towered Over Females

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Quantum Mechanics Turns 100 and Its Biggest Mystery Still Remains

Apollo 17 Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt samples the boulder at Station 7 located at the base of North Massif in the Taurus-Littrow valley. This large boulder was dislodged by a strong moonquake that occurred about 28.5 million year ago. The source of the quake was likely from an event on the Lee-Lincoln fault. Credit: NASA / JSC / ASU

The Moon Is Still Alive and It’s Shaking Beneath Our Feet

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope's view of planetary nebula NGC 6072 in the near-infrared shows a complex scene of multiple outflows expanding out at different angles from a dying star at the center of the scene. These outflows push gas toward the equatorial plane, forming a disk. Astronomers suspect there is at least one other star interacting with the material cast off by the central dying star, creating the abnormal appearance of this planetary nebula. In this image, the red areas represent cool molecular gas, for example, molecular hydrogen. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

Webb Telescope Uncovers a Hidden Dance of Dying Suns in Deep Space

A sun dog and 22 degree halo appearing over Winnipeg, Canada. Sun dogs and other visual effects occur when icy crystals in Earth’s atmosphere align in certain ways; Cornell astronomers predict that similar effects can appear when starlight interacts with quartz crystals in exoplanet atmospheres. Credit: Creative Commons

Winds of Quartz Paint Alien Skies with Sundogs Light Years Away

A new image of galaxy OJ 287 reveals for the first time the sharply curved, ribbon-like structure of the plasma jet emitted from its center. Credit: Dr Efthalia Traianou, Heidelberg University, IWR

Astronomers Capture Twisting Jet from a Galaxy Five Billion Light Years Away

Cacao-pod-crocodile, rattle-whistle, painted with Maya Blue, ca. AD 700–800. Credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979 in Ancient Mesoamerica (2025). DOI: 10.1017/S0956536125000082

Ancient Maya Blue Pigment Found to Travel 375 Kilometers Through Sacred Trade Routes

Reaction scheme and energetic level of the investigated reaction of the helium hydride ion with deuterium. It is a swift and barrierless reaction, contrary to earlier theories. Background: The planetary nebula NGC 7027, with molecular hydrogen visible in red. Credit: Schematic: MPIK; Background Image: W. B. Latter (SIRTF Science Center/Caltech) and NASA

The First Molecule That Sparked the Birth of Stars and the Universe We Know

Artistic illustration of the internal structure of a lava planet in a cold state, showing a day‑side magma ocean overlain by a mineral atmosphere. The arrows indicate the direction of heat transport within the planet's interior and the thermal radiation emitted from its night side. Credit: Romain Jean-Jaques (Instagram: @romainjean.jacques)

Scientists Unveil How Fiery Lava Worlds Evolve Across Billions of Years

The combined smoothed Chandra color image of Wd1-9. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2507.17816

Astronomers Finally Unmask a Hidden Giant Star Millions of Years in the Making

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The Role of Sea Otters in Maintaining Kelp Forests

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How Penguins Thrive in Freezing Waters and Harsh Climates

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The Survival Tactics of Deep-Sea Creatures in Darkness

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How Sharks Sense Blood and Electricity in Water

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Why Octopuses Are Considered Ocean Geniuses

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How Dolphins Use Tools Underwater for Survival

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The Science of Coral Symbiosis and Fish Habitats

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The Ghosts of the Ocean: How Jellyfish Survive Without Brains or Hearts