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Megafauna mystery: What killed off the mastodons, mammoths, and giant sloths?An Ice Age whodunit: Scientists are gathering clues about what caused a die off in giant prehistoric critters.
A 3-D printer is working in space: Why that's a big dealA student has the opportunity to watch a design he made in high school print on the ISS. The advent of 3-D printing aboard the ISS is seen as a major development partly because of the high cost and intensity of off-planet deliveries.聽
Hold the phone 鈥� aliens might not call us back for 1,500 yearsA new paper argues that we might not hear back from any alien life forms for up to a millennium and a half, based on how little of the universe has been touched by Earth's radio transmissions.聽
First LookHave scientists discovered an algorithm that could thwart ISIS?A team of University of Miami researchers may have found a way to use an existing mathematical equation to predict the next attack inspired by the Islamic State terrorist group.
First LookBritain's 'Major Tim' readies for journey back down to EarthBritish astronaut Tim Peake will end his six-month mission to the International Space Station on Saturday.
Are LED streetlights really the best answer to more efficient light sources?A new American Medical Association report suggests blue light-emitting LED light are more distracting than helpful to humans and animals at night, joining efforts to push for a different approach.
Did our cells evolve out of a slow, symbiotic dance?In light of a newly discovered microbe, a new paper examines the origins of聽eukaryotic cells.
Astronomers spot asteroid in 'little dance with Earth'A newly discovered asteroid is in an orbit around the Sun that will keep it as Earth's cosmic companion for centuries.
Do you have what it takes to colonize Mars? NASA might need you.NASA released a series of recruitment posters Thursday to rally support for travel to Mars 鈥� and they don't just want rocket scientists to apply.聽
'Astronomy of the 21st century': LIGO spots gravitational waves againResearchers have detected gravitational waves for the second time, opening up a new field of astronomical research.
Mars had explosive volcanoes? What the Curiosity rover just stumbled uponCuriosity, the NASA rover, has found evidence of silica-rich minerals on Mars, suggesting more sophisticated volcanic processes than previously known.
First LookWhy ancient butter keeps turning up in Irish bogs'Bog butter' may have had semi-religious significance during the time in which it was buried.
First LookNASA detects methane leaks 鈥� from a satellite in spaceNASA used the massive Porter Ranch methane leak to test its equipment and found it could detect the gas from space.聽
Scientists discover 'key to life' molecules in spaceScientists have discovered a chiral, or right- or left-handed, complex molecule in a gas cloud in outer space. How does that impact us here on Earth?
Meet the first known mammal to go extinct from manmade climate changeThe Bramble Cay melomys was Australia's most isolated mammal, the sole mammalian inhabitant of a sandy island in the middle of the ocean. But with increasingly frequent storms and rising seas, the small rodent had nowhere to run.
First LookCat caf茅 study shows what cats and physicists have in commonA study performed largely in Japanese cat caf茅s聽showed that house cats are highly attuned to the laws of physics while hunting.
Why aren't these lemurs singing in harmony?These lemurs choose not to sing well together, according to new research.
What underwater robots might be able to tell us about India's monsoonScientists are releasing swimming robots into India's聽Bay of Bengal in an effort to learn more about rainfall patterns.聽
New images reveal Andrea Doria shipwreck deteriorating quicklyThe Andrea Doria sunk almost exactly 60 years ago. This month, underwater exploration company OceanGate captured underwater images that show the ship's decay.聽
One of ecology's oldest puzzles: Why does diversity cluster near the equator?Scientists find a 'ubiquitous' pattern in ecology that hasn't always existed. How did this pattern originate?