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The Hoba meteorite in Namibia is the largest known natural piece of iron on Earth, weighing about 60 metric tons today. By ...

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Part of that skill may come from a sense we don’t have. Blackcaps, like many migratory birds, can detect Earth’s magnetic ...

A new study suggests that oak trees attacked by caterpillars can delay leafing out the following spring. That tiny shift, ...

NASA. On February 7, 1984, Bruce McCandless II slipped out of space shuttle Challenger and became something no human had ever ...

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A Stradivarius violin is one of the most prized instruments in classical music. The few musicians lucky enough to play an ...

Built in 1612, this massive astrolabe could track stars, time, and location with great accuracy—and now it’s heading to ...