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Asking the internet to name something is always a little dicey. For every charming Boaty McBoatface submission, there’s always something a little more … unprintable. But scientists from the Senckenberg Ocean Species Alliance (SOSA) must have felt a little...

Not long after upending federal diet guidelines in order to prioritize “real food” on our plates, United States Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has offered a new piece of questionable advice. During a tour to promote these dietary...

Our mastery of fire is one of the biggest things that sets humans apart from animals. We’ve used it to cook our food, temper our tools, warm our bodies, and ward off predators. It’s not overstating things to say it’s fueled our evolution, but has our...

Next month, the blood moon will show its copper-toned face to about a third of the world, including North America.
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This spooky nickname refers to a total lunar eclipse, when the Earth travels directly between the sun and moon. That cosmic alignment is visible around every 2.5 years from a given spot on our planet, and the next one will arrive on March 3....