New research suggests plants on Earth could survive for nearly another two billion years — far longer than previously ...

The Queensland government this week stopped short of allaying fears it might dump or sell off the downsized $18.4 billion ...

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A new study, published July 6, 2026, in the journal Nature Communications, suggests that two of the best-known trends in ...

Deep oceans contain microbes with yet-to-be-discovered properties that could drive future innovations in biotechnology.

The hunt for ancient life on Mars just got an important test run. Scientists confirmed that the Rosalind Franklin rover's ...

Ancient deep-sea organisms suggest movement, sexual reproduction, and complex animal life began earlier than previously thought.

Warning: Full spoilers follow for Deadpool & Wolverine. Man, Deadpool & Wolverine sure gave us a bunch of Easter eggs and cameos that tie back to a variety of old Fox Marvel movies – and some non-Fox ...

A 150-million-year-old bird fossil, Zhengheornis, reveals the first step in the evolution of the short tails seen in modern ...

Fossils unearthed in Ethiopia are reshaping our view of human evolution. Instead of a straight march from ape-like ancestors to modern humans, researchers now see a tangled, branching tree with ...

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