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The USS ‘Silversides’ received its first dry dock overhaul in 50 years.

The language was already endangered when Black linguist Lorenzo Dow Turner documented its speakers in 1935.

The ‘Star Child,’ creepy twin dresses, and more from Stanley Kubrick’s personal archive are up for auction.

The Alaskan bear wins the 2026 Honey Badger Award for his tenacity.

When frozen ground known as permafrost degrades, it can fail catastrophically. That could spell serious trouble for the whole planet.

Gemini kept an eye on her cubs around other bears fishing in Alaska’s Anan Creek.

That list of passwords isn’t enough to ensure your heirs can get into your online accounts.

Once thought impossible, the molecules were discovered in a 115-million-year-old bones from Brazil.

The decommissioned Swift Observatory turned a two-year mission into more than two decades of science.

Medieval medicine was concocted from some of the same ancient remains.

The pair also display affectionate behaviors including licking, rubbing, and nuzzling.

Birds with lead poisoning are often hit by cars.