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The Book of Kells is considered one of the finest surviving medieval manuscripts.

Monotreme (noun, “MON-oh-treem”) Monotremes are a unique group of mammals that lay eggs. Only five species of monotreme exist today. All live in either Australia or New Guinea. The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is one example. The other four belong to…

Some tadpoles seem to have a unique way to keep their watery cribs clean: They don’t poop for weeks! These baby Eiffinger’s tree frogs live in Taiwan and on the Japanese islands of Ishigaki and Iriomote. Even as adults, they’re…

D-Wave says its new Advantage2 processor, which is designed for complex applications in AI, optimization and data science, is faster and more accurate than its existing 5,000-qubit system.

Why aren’t the solstices the coldest and hottest days of the year?

Cardiovascular disease develops and presents differently in women and men. But medical guidelines are often based on studies that excluded women.

An analysis of ancient residues left on a vase depicting the Egyptian deity Bes reveals it may have been used to reenact a myth.

The James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope recently released a chilling view of two spiral galaxies, IC 2163 and NGC 2207, merging into one.

Evo is a large language model that is not trained on words but on the genomes of millions of microbes. It can accurately predict the effects of mutations.

Data from China’s Zhurong rover has revealed what appears to be an ancient shoreline streaking through Mars’ northern hemisphere.