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As the Himalayas melt, thousands of dangerous floods may sweep through the mountain range

Astronomers Just Mapped a Pulsar's Surface for the First Time.

Chimps respond to music in ways similar to people, a new study finds

Smaller than a sparrow, a 99-million-year-old bird preserved in a piece of Burmese amber has traits not seen in any other bird, living or extinct

Stanford researchers studying MDMA say they’ve identified separate brain pathways that activate addiction and social behavior

Elephants Rarely Get Cancer, Now We Know Why (2015)

Scientists just recorded a blue whale's heart beat for the first time, according to a new study

Scientists studied six patients who had half of their brain removed during childhood to treat severe epilepsy

Earth May Be a 1-in-700-Quintillion Kind of Place