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Researchers have discovered enormous tube worms and other creatures thriving in cavities beneath the seafloor on the East Pacific Rise, an ocean ridge near the Galápagos Islands.

Cats can flow like liquids through tall crevices, but they solidify a bit as they approach short crannies, new research shows.

You’ve heard of jazz hands? These bats have glow toes. When ultraviolet (UV) light shines onto the Mexican free-tailed bat’s hairy toes, they light up. That glow is called photoluminescence. It happens when bristles on the toes absorb UV light,…

A new trial that compared acupuncture to a convincing placebo suggests that the treatment can help relieve sciatica pain.

The Taurid Meteoroid Stream, which is possibly responsible for the famous Tunguska and Chelyabinsk impacts, probably doesn’t hide a civilization-killing asteroid.

This 2012 satellite photo shows a quartet of near-identical glaciers on Canada’s Ellesmere Island. The ice masses help to spark life in the otherwise barren Arctic environment.

The Hubble Space Telescope has seen Jupiter’s Great Red Spot oscillating in width as it drifts around the planet. Could this be related to its overall shrinking?

A fever and a nasty cough can be symptoms of a range of respiratory illnesses. An antigen test that narrows down the culprits can speed up diagnosis and recovery.

OpenAI scientists have designed MLE-bench — a compilation of 75 extremely difficult tests that can assess whether a future advanced AI agent is capable of modifying its own code and improving itself.

Archaeologists have found the largest ever jade “dragon” made by the Neolithic Hongshan culture on record.