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The trove of papers from pioneering computer scientist Alan Turing was discovered in a loft. A trove of Alan Turing's papers, ...

According to new research, the active volcano that sits west of Naples has a "tuff" layer about two miles beneath the surface ...

A war of words between SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and President Donald Trump could lead to significant fallout for U.S.-led space ...

Lake Natron is a soda lake in northern Tanzania with a volcanic geology that maintains the water's pH around 10.5, which is almost as caustic as ammonia. Some life-forms thrive there nevertheless.

This month will usher in two separate conjunctions — one between the moon and a rarely-visible Mercury, and another between ...

Consisting of about 1,000 ancient manuscripts etched onto animal skin, papyrus and copper, the Dead Sea Scrolls contain the ...

A new study finds the genetic backgrounds of people in the U.S. are "highly complex" and may differ from their self-defined ...

Earth lost contact with the private Japanese spacecraft "Resilience" during an attempted moon landing on Thursday. The lander ...

Scientists have introduced a new laboratory model that could help them study how artificial limbs can be better designed.

A pair of new studies has revealed that the hellish skies of exoplanet WASP-121b contain silicon monoxide gas, which has ...

Record amounts of sargassum are floating in the Caribbean Sea and ending up on beaches from Puerto Rico to Guyana — but ...