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Some win the ‘Titanic Award’ for best sinking. Others continue to compete for 16 years.

Our canine companions may really understand what we’re going through, new study suggests.

At least 75 explosives were recovered from the scorched earth in France.

Humboldt penguins are not at home on the ice.

‘Her overall condition remains extremely serious.’

The “big light” doesn’t have to suck

The deadly experiment that could save the American elm.

Tobacco hawkmoths may use these tiny hairs to find a place to lay their eggs.

At one point, Venus would’ve looked a lot like Earth—until the Sun got even brighter.

The roughly 40,000-year-old figures show that humans were already watching bird behavior

The device that was supposed to revolutionize was both ‘too ambitious and not ambitious enough.’

‘Every decision we make is guided first and foremost by her medical condition, her welfare, and what is truly in her best interest.’