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The tall container was almost certainly used for distillation experiments.

Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano will serve as the mission’s pilot.

Many species didn’t have much sex for millions of years. They didn’t need it.

Descendants of these rodents are still alive today and are 'like tiny Arctic pack rats.'

But personal rapid transit never got off the ground. That is, until Silicon Valley stepped in.

Apple rebuilt Siri from the ground up, cranked up the dial on AI integration, and added new parental control features for parents at its World Wide Developer's Conference keynote.

Whether you need a small backup for your mobile devices or a massive system to get you through a blackout, they're already on sale from Jackery right now.

The carefully arranged Neolithic remains show signs of skillful skull removal.

There are still 40-packs of batteries, however.

The tiny shorebirds are continuing to rebound in the heartland.

The ambitious proposal envisions high-speed autonomous buses zooming down freeways. 

Cavour Scientific High School is less than 1,000 feet from the Colosseum.

On this episode of Sex and the Sturgeon, 800-pound fish thrash their tails.

Tick season is in full swing, so it's time for some myth busting.

From Seattle to Atlanta, host cities used the tournament to speed up rail and bus upgrades years in the making — while trying to avoid the mistakes of past World Cups.

Psychologists call it cognitive offloading, and it has upsides and downsides for your memory.

It's a myth that Epsom salt works in gardens.

From high-speed battering rams to gravity tractors, the technology exists to protect the planet. The question is whether humanity will act in time—and in concert.

From shelter dogs to stickleback fish, the forces that shape animal personality are surprisingly familiar.

Black, white, and beautiful.