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The company's plan to buy 180 small, high-capacity satellites complements its other ventures to expand Internet access to remote and underserved areas

Scientists found dozens of fossils of the marine reptile, measuring up to five meters long, as the melting glacier exposed new rock faces

The new images may be early attempts to restore the Cambodian temple's decorations or simply old graffiti

A new genetic analysis shows that flightless birds, or ratites, did not evolve from a common flightless ancestor as had been previously thought

A structural study of spider fangs found that their curved, hollow design gives them the necessary strength for piercing and injecting their prey

The 180-million-year-old fossils suggest that shallow-water animals may have originated from deep-sea ancestors

Winds from Chinese farmlands can carry a fungus that causes Kawasaki disease all the way to Japan, Hawaii and California

The social structure of termites evolved independently from bees and ants, but all the species seem to share similar chemical tags that control a few genes

The high levels may help the seals survive their long, deep dives

The detection of a runaway star may explain how a massive object turned into a dense, magnetic magnetar instead of collapsing into a black hole

The algae, once thought to be an introduced species, can form thick mats that alter ecosystems

The plague preferentially killed the very old and those already in poor health. Natural selection or better diets may have allowed those who remained to thrive

Computer models suggest that plant-eating dinosaurs called therizinosaurs used their claws for digging, grasping or piercing plants

Bite marks on fossils coupled with an analysis of skull strength suggests that crocodilians were capable of using "death rolls" to dismember prey

The ship had been carrying gold to New York City when it sank in 1857

The long-term consequences of such epigenetic effects in children remain unknown, but the goal is to define the optimal diet for mothers-to-be

In the abraded heart of South Africa's Vredefort impact crater lie striking green-black "impact" melt rocks that were thought to have been lost to time

A scientist who made a stunning time-lapse video of a growing quail embryo took home top honors in Nikon's 2013 Small World in Motion Competition, a contest that treats photomicrographs—pictures often used by scientists—as objects of art

A contract from A.D. 267, the first of its kind ever found, details an agreement between the backers of two teen wrestlers in the finals of an important regional competition

Analysis of a 325 million-year-old fossil suggests that modern sharks have evolved extensively, rather than remaining unchanged since prehistoric times

The arsenic was within the mummy's hair, showing that Chileans dating back to 1,000 to 1,500 years ago likely drank arsenic-contaminated water

Working esophagi from stem cells could be used to aid cancer patients in the future

Pollution from China's coal-burning power plants has increased the strength of storms in the Pacific Northwest by 10 percent over the last three decades

Testing of a scrap of papyrus, which bears words suggesting that Jesus had a wife, points to the document's authenticity