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Megalodon — a giant predatory shark that has inspired numerous documentaries, books, and blockbuster movies — likely went …

Most schoolchildren learn that the Earth has three (or four) layers — a crust, mantle, and core, which …

An international team of researchers out of Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, has demonstrated a new approach for …

On Nov. 22, 2014, astronomers spotted a rare event in the night sky: A supermassive black hole at …

Using data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, citizen scientists have discovered a new world, a planet roughly twice the …

An international team of astronomers, including from the University of Cambridge, discovered the massive object when trawling through …

Astronomers have found what could be one of the universe’s oldest stars, a body almost entirely made of …

A new national study out of Ohio State University shows that people whose mothers had more romantic partners …

The brain changes of teenage girls who engage in serious forms of self-harm, including cutting, show features similar …

Schizophrenia, a brain disorder that produces hallucinations, delusions, and cognitive impairments, usually strikes during adolescence or young adulthood. …