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Organic compounds called thiophenes are found on Earth in coal, crude oil, and oddly enough, in white truffles, …

An international research team, led by scientists from the U.S. and Spain, including a University of Michigan geologist, …

As early as the Stone Age, mankind started to develop a complex culture. This was triggered by interactions …

University of British Columbia astronomy student Michelle Kunimoto has discovered 17 new planets, including a potentially habitable, Earth-sized …

A little over a year after landing, China’s spacecraft Chang’e-4 is continuing to unveil secrets from the far …

Astronomers have observed an exoplanet orbiting a star in just over 18 hours, the shortest orbital period ever …

For three years, anthropologist Alan Rogers has attempted to solve an evolutionary puzzle, which seems to be the …

The precursor of our planet, the proto-Earth, formed within a time span of approximately 5 million years, shows …

Archaeologists from the Oriental Institute have discovered a lost ancient kingdom dating from 1400 B.C. to 600 B.C., …

The Breakthrough Listen Initiative released data from the most comprehensive survey yet of radio emissions from the plane …