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By pinpointing when it begins in young humans, scientists hope to better understand what consciousness is, and how it arises, in all of us.
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The truth is out there—but identifying signs of life in space involves an intense search for biosignatures within our solar system and beyond.
This year, federal forecasters say the planet could see the strongest El Niño event on record. Here's what you need to know.
The brown clockfig, an extremely rare succulent growing in the hot, arid border region of Namibia and South Africa, was recently assessed as critically endangered by the IUCN, the global wildlife…
We asked 100 scientists about unsolved problems in their fields. They sent back provocations — on the origins of life, the possibilities for human progress and much more.
Archaeological findings in the Amazon, especially in the triangle of the triple border between Colombia, Peru and Brazil, show evidence of human presence there 13,000 years ago.
Whisky is to be distilled in space for the first time as part of an experiment which will also measure how the spirit ages in the environment beyond Earth's atmosphere.
