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New research has delivered the strongest scientific evidence yet that people – not glaciers – transported Stonehenge’s famous ...

A cow in Austria has become famous for using tools, in her case, a long-handled brush, to scratch herself. Scientists say ...

There's something uniquely frustrating about the world of scientific discovery. We celebrate the names we know, the heroes ...

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The famous bangus (scientific name Chanos chanos) has been a source of delicious menus such as sinigang na bangus, daing na ...

“Chinstraps are declining globally,” Martinez said. “Models show that they might get extinct before the end of the century at ...