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The military-style structure has also found use by the Marines.

The alpine plant shoots the substance out of holes in its cell walls.

New systems will use your cell phone to tell if your food is fresh

What we can learn from a massive meteor crater

From falling frogs to giant hailstones.

How California is predicting and preparing for the inevitable.

Buckle up for a bumpy legal battle about your next car's emissions.

A new species of tree hyrax has been discovered.

The nearby star didn’t explode. But it did the next best thing: everything else.

Today's supercomputers could one day provide ultra-secure encryption.

All that built-up gunk doesn’t just look gross—it makes your barbecue worse.

It's time to start paying attention to Lina Khan and the US's key consumer protection agency.

Respiratory syncytial virus infections, which mainly affect very young kids and older adults, are on the rise.

Big functionality in a small format.

For a cleaner environment, practice proper bidet-iquette.

Science up an amazing meal, entertain guests, and stay safe and sane.

A supplement from space

What we can learn from a blaze that's still burning after half a century

Barraging ancient beads with tests tells archaeologists that jewelry came from space-rocks--and that iron-working was an older job than we thought.

Also, the universe's age has now been measured at 13.8 billion years old.