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A groundbreaking research project is finally building the tools to translate just how whales and other creatures communicate.

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Here’s what to know about the irreversible eye disease at the center of the new National Geographic documentary Blink.

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The comet, which will be visible to the naked eye, orbits the sun roughly once every 80,000 years—the last time it passed ...

Armed with new tools, scholars are finally able to read papyrus scrolls long deemed too fragile to open. The breakthrough ...

Travelers can take a kayak on a trek through Australia's rainforests to find alpine royalty: the prized King Billy pine tree.

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Along Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef, curious visitors can witness an innovative new coral restoration project and help ...

Today’s teaching methods prioritize creative problem-solving over traditional formulas and equations, but these changes may ...

Three seventh graders at London Middle School were recently selected to have their artwork featured in a virtual gallery at ...