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We can’t tell if they were dancing, but we can learn something about their social lives—up until their untimely deaths.

The national park’s exotic donkeys might not be the nuisance we thought they were.

The universe is full of warm bodies. Why should life limit itself to sun-like stars?

NASA will stream the historical event early on Friday morning

Slime molds are not new, but they're worthy of your attention.

While the number of species at a given location is staying relatively the same, who is present is changing fast

DNA from tooth enamel helped scientists trace where humans grew up and how they spent the rest of their lives.

Blue-light filters aren’t going to get you those zzzs.

The Eastern equine encephalitis virus has spread to humans in eight states.

Have you ever seen a colony of garden eels? What about a spider that looks like a crab that looks like an ant?

The truth is out there.

Your lawn might even benefit from the fallen foliage.

Waiting has never been so glamorous.

Our editors scrounged up some truly bizarre facts.

Check yourself before you wreck yourself.

Sci-fi authors wanted to prevent dystopian futures. Instead they predicted them.

A few ways we could reduce greenhouse gas emissions and still eat steak.

It will take University of Arizona scientists a year to polish each 18-ton mirror. They plan to finish by 2028.

People will put up with a lot to achieve a first—but a researcher warns against a longer route to the Red Planet.

A new study of Hurricane Harvey data shows how much havoc big storms wreak on newborns.