For decades, scientists have sought to explain the so-called "Cambrian Explosion," a pivotal period over 500 million years ...

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These are the split-second moments when animals sensed danger before anyone could respond: a zebra twisting away from a ...

Though I grew up in a town with over 100 temples, each competing to make the most noise during the festive seasons, I have ...

It's called 'Regular Animals' but this work of art, featuring mechanical dogs, is anything but regular. Not only are they ...

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Site work has begun for a Cumberland County data center, dubbed Pennsylvania Digital 1. Neighbors are bracing for a long six ...

Despite Trump’s punitive spectacles, criminal justice reform efforts persist across states, and there’s hope for effective policies.

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The disaster that struck at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, and the dogs and their offspring who survived, ...

At least 14 people were killed when an explosive device detonated as a bus passed by on a highway in southwestern Colombia on ...