We know about fossils and rocks, ice cores and seabeds... but it turns out the Earth has been storing data - on climate, ...

A fossilized horseshoe crab shows tiny pits on its shell, hinting at an ancient microbial attack. Discover what it reveals.

Cycads use infrared heat to guide beetle pollinators, revealing an ancient plant communication system that predates flowers.

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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is turning green and getting brighter as it nears Earth. Scientists track the ancient space rock, ...

Earliest evidence found of rice plants in the Pacific on Guam, revealing rituals and a journey from the Philippines 3,500 years ago.

Legend once had it that the huge, three-toed footprints scattered across the central highlands of Bolivia came from ...

Singer-songcrafter and upright bassist Melissa Carper recently released a holiday album, "A Very Carper Christmas," via ...

Nandkumar M. Kamat As the year is about to end, here is a short review of important breakthroughs in science that defined the ...

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