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Thousands of people each year visit wild spaces across Africa with guns in hand. They’re playing a dangerous game

The new ankylosaurus fossil is one of the most complete ever found in North America

Female marine mammals may block insemination with a curled vagina and slick maneuvers

Some 11,000 years ago humans may have been in contact with the parasites

Mass-producing the required organic LED (OLED) displays is complicated, but the benefits are considerable

Out of 1,500 weather stations across the U.S., 84 percent had a winter that was hotter than normal

The finding will help scientists more accurately model the planet’s geodynamic processes

Scientists are descending on the Aloha State to gain new insights into volcanic activity and coral reef health there

Mini drones sporting horsehair coated in a sticky gel could one day take the pressure off declining bee populations

Without a nighttime reset, synapses could burn out like an outlet with too many appliances plugged in 

Anonymous accounts are purportedly linked to NASA, National Parks and other agencies 

Knitting and weaving artificial muscles could help create soft exoskeletons that people with disabilities could wear under their clothes to help them walk, according to new research

A new AI system generates short videos that are similar to how humans can visually imagine how a scene will evolve

It may be possible to "twist" light waves, cram in more information than ever before, and send the signal over a practical distance

The quake, one of the largest in OK recently, hit near a major oil hub in the region

The progressive neurological disorder involves inflammation in the brain

Spiders can sense and respond to sounds coming from distances more than three meters away even though they lack ears and eardrums

The sturdy oak ship was originally built for the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen, the first human to arrive at the South Pole

We lack control over our reactions when somebody gets too close

The prize is biased toward men of European descent, and European and American researchers in general, a bias that is part of a larger problem of excluding women and minorities for consideration

Cynodonts, which looked like scaly rats, roamed Brazil 235 million years ago 

EQ-Radio analyzes the signal reflected off a subject's body to monitor both breathing and heartbeat

A lack of data and guidelines is leaving consumers in the dark about virtual reality's potential negative side effects for kids

Fungi, like bacteria, are present in everyone’s intestines