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Rocky planets around fiery stars could hide their water for later use, but it takes 3 to 8 times the amount in our world’s oceans to end up Earthlike.

Beakiation (noun, “Beek-ee-AY-shun”) Beakiation is a technique that parrots use to move along thin branches. Scientists recently discovered beakiation in experiments with a parrot species called rosy-faced lovebirds (Agapornis roseicollis). These birds are native to dry woodlands in southwestern Africa.…

They say that going to space changes you. The idea is that people get a new perspective from seeing our world from above. It’s called the Overview Effect. But a new project offers clues to how spaceflight also changes our…

Ultraprocessed foods have been tied to various health risks — but what are they, exactly?

What’s the secret to Homo sapiens’ success as a species?

While headlines around the world claimed that ancient galaxies discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope were “breaking” our understanding of the Big Bang, the truth is much more nuanced — and much more interesting.

Command module pilot Michael Collins took this iconic Apollo 11 photo 55 years ago today, after his historic trip around the far side of the moon made him “the world’s loneliest man”.

Animals are disappearing too fast for researchers to record all of the extinctions we’ve caused.

This bizarre animal lives on the seabed and uses its large hand-like fins to move walk around.

The James Webb Space Telescope has revolutionized astronomy in just two years of operations, but how can it see a galaxy 33.8 billion light-years away in a universe that is only 13.8 billion years old?