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Heat waves fueled by climate change killed scores of people and upended daily life. Here are some of those stories.

The hydrogen fuel tank of a Toyota vehicle on display.

An artist’s illustration of primordial black holes.

Common colds and the flu differ in many ways, including their causes, some of their symptoms and their treatments.

Botanist Pablo Guerrero has been visiting Atacama cacti all his life. They’re not adapting well to a drier climate, booming mining and plant collection.

Even spider love lives show an effect of climate uncertainty: Stressed males may offer a bit of silk-wrapped junk rather than a tasty insect treat.

Running massive AI models locally on smartphones or laptops may be possible after a new compression algorithm trims down their size — meaning your data never leaves your device. The catch is that it might drain your battery in an…

One of the biggest superstars in human history lies in the National Museum of Ethiopia. Here, in Addis Ababa, sit the fragile remains of the world’s most celebrated human ancestor: Lucy. Once, she was a hardy survivor in a harsh…

An extremely rare gold coin featuring Brutus, who helped spearhead Julius Caesar’s assassination, is up for auction in December.

ESA’s Proba-3 mission will use one satellite to block out the sun for another satellite, bringing the sun’s middle corona into new focus.