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“We give a definitive answer that meteorite impact vaporization is the dominant process that creates the lunar atmosphere.”

Specialized glands in the fingertips of some males may produce seductive chemical signals.

In this week’s Extreme Climate Update, we look at record-breaking temps around the world and explain what the heat index is.

Goldene (noun, “Goal-DEEN”) Goldene is a single layer of gold atoms. This makes it a 2-D, or two-dimensional, material — a sheet of some substance that is only one or two atoms thick. Hundreds of other 2-D materials have been…

What do beef jerky and some woolly mammoths have in common? Drying turns their DNA into super-tough glass. DNA in this form is extremely stable. In fact, scientists have now found such glassy DNA from a woolly mammoth that has…

The statue was created by the Indus Valley Civilization, a Bronze Age culture that once inhabited what is now Pakistan.

We know that people in colder environments eat more calories. But why does our hunger abate in the heat?

Up to 75 ‘shooting stars’ per hour may be visible as the annual Perseid meteor shower peaks on Sunday and Monday (Aug. 11 and Aug. 12). The annual shower is linked to debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle.

Weather experts talk about why the film “Twister” is often such a favorite among tornado researchers and what they think of its new stand-alone sequel, “Twisters”

These scientists may be lesser known than Einstein and Newton, but they made giant contributions to science, including astronomy, physics, chemistry and medicine.