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Researchers have discovered a new extinct species of coelacanth that lived 380 million years ago.

A new type of ultrafast memory uses optical signals and magnets to efficiently process and store data.

The northern sea robin is a strange-looking fish with legs that it uses to “taste” the seafloor.

Nevada is becoming a major producer of lithium, thanks to topography, climate, and geologic serendipity.

Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses efforts of Indigenous people in British Columbia to preserve ancient trails.

Icy moves Stonehenge’s central stone, known as the Altar Stone, may have had Scottish and not Welsh origins, researchers say. The finding suggests that Late Neolithic groups had long-distance connections, Bruce Bower reported in “Stonehenge’s roots extend to Scotland” (SN:…

NOAA shared new images taken by the world’s first operational space-based coronagraph, CCOR-1, captured during a solar storm outburst.

Revisiting a disease that affected a million people might provide answers we need for the future.

The far-reaching impact of certain viruses on the body can make cells grow out of control, causing cancer.

Scientists have just broken a 100-year-old chemistry rule and synthesized a type of 3D, unstable molecule called an anti-Bredt olefin.