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A new estimate suggests the Milky Way is home to six billion Earth-like planets. So far, we’ve found just one potential candidate.

Step one: Get your buddy vaccinated.

Heat waves are the most dangerous natural disaster—and they kill more people than we previously thought.

Time for a much-needed privacy check.

Over the next decades, the US fleet will be both old-school and futuristic. Here's what's happening.

This enormous dust cloud will be touching down in the Gulf Coast today.

Archaeologists are now trying to get it right now by looking at more authentic cultural clues.

And, uh, here's where to look.

Many trans and non-binary people still live in states that ban gender-affirming treatment.

Reforming tax law could go a long way to addressing racial inequity.

Cases have doubled in seven states over the past two weeks.

Nursing home deaths have critics saying it’s time to rethink the institutional model for elder care.

The original 'gram, as described by astronomer Chuck Bennett.

Warming seas and melting ice could create the perfect storm of conditions for disease transmission.

Radar is taking some of the shovel work out of archaeology.

The idea of them growing any faster than the rest of us is a myth.

There’s only one correct answer for each grid.

When your head’s in the right place, you’ll have a better time on your bike.

The rare event happens once every one or two years.

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