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Lucy may be the best-known prehuman fossil in the world. But other famous fossils have given us important insight into our evolutionary history.

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Scientists found memory’s molecular machinery at work in cells outside the nervous system.

As a new analysis highlights the impact of skin tone on drug safety and efficacy, experts outline what can be done to make medical research more inclusive.

The vast majority of human cases of H5N1 bird flu in the U.S. have resulted from direct contact with animals, so a few simple precautions can keep most people’s risk very low.

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The ISS performed its 39th ever space junk collision avoidance maneuver on Nov. 19. Although it was the first such maneuver in 2024, it may not be the last, experts say.

After the caver noticed a giant gash across a barren landscape, scientists discovered it was created by a ferocious tornado that no-one knew had occurred.

Astronomers have taken a superdetailed, zoomed-in photo of the Large Magellanic Cloud’s “behemoth star.” The stunning image, which is the first of its kind from outside the Milky Way, shows that the giant star is right on the edge of…