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It may take a while to become as famous as Yosemite, the Grand Canyon, or Monument Valley, but the 12,000-acre Chiricahua ...

Europe is a continent that’s rich in history, but it’s also rich in prehistory. Sifting through the remains of tools, dwellings, and other artifacts, archaeologists have discovered a succession of ...

Originally, van Gogh’s work was thought to be just an artistic representation of a night sky. But when researchers surfaced a letter written by the painter mentioning Venus, some acknowledged that at ...

Weather conditions change second by second, which makes it a particularly dynamic subject for photographers. The violent and capricious nature of climate also makes for a fascinating theme for a photo ...

Artificial intelligence is already being used for facial recognition, but how good is it? In lab conditions, it’s extraordinarily precise, correctly identifying people 99 percent of the time. In the ...

LSD was a relative latecomer to long-established traditions of humans consuming hallucinogenic substances. But in a linguistic sense, it was the first psychedelic. In 1956, British psychiatrist ...

Of all our ancient relatives, the Denisovans might be the most mysterious. While fossils from these archaic hominins were unearthed nearly half a century ago, they were only determined to be a ...

In 2000, a doctoral student from Stony Brook University reported that chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarcticus) on the Antarctica peninsula were on the decline. But without solid baseline numbers ...

On October 18, 1963, French feline Félicette became the first “catstronaut” to head to space, landing safely by parachute after a trip of under 20 minutes. In that time, Félicette climbed to an ...

There’s no shortage of ways to unsettle yourself. The classic jump-scare or eerie monster story will do the trick. But pondering the depths of space and the extents of time, or the existential risks ...

Say what you will about Instagram, but the social media platform has undeniably contributed to the furthering of scientific ...