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Scientists predict wildfire smoke will be most costly climate-related health hazard
New research provides some of the most extensive modeling of the growing health toll of wildfire smoke on public health in the U.S.
Oldest and most complete fossil of a dome-headed dinosaur is found in Mongolia
The skeleton will reveal more about the anatomy of pachycephalosaurs, two-legged herbivores that are among the "most enigmatic" dinosaurs.
Senate Democrats want to revive a NOAA database that tracked billion-dollar natural disasters
NOAA kept a database of disasters that exceeded $1 billion in damage since 1980, but the agency halted the project amid funding cuts in May.
Melting glacier creates a new island in Alaska, satellite images show
This type of transformation is a hallmark of climate change, as rising temperatures and melting ice reshape landscapes in dramatic ways.
Endangered pink river dolphins face a rising mercury threat in the Amazon
Mercury contamination comes mainly from illegal gold mining and forest clearing that wash mercury that naturally occurs in soil into waterways.
Scientists say they've found the world's oldest mummies — located far from Egypt
Human remains found in tightly crouched postures at pre-Neolithic burial sites in China and Southeast Asia appear to have been smoke-dried over fire.
Searchers discover 'ghost ship' that sank in Lake Michigan almost 140 years ago
The F. J. King was a 144-foot, three-masted cargo schooner built in 1867 in Toledo, Ohio, to transport grain and iron ore. It sank while moving iron ore to Chicago in 1886.
Harvard cuts threaten a giant in the biomedical research community: A database on the tiny fruit fly
This spring, the Trump administration rescinded a grant that maintained FlyBase, a pillar of global basic research, as part of its broader $2.2 billion funding cuts at Harvard.
A new analysis of underwater videos shows octopuses are 'incredible multitaskers'
The research reveals how the famously flexible mollusks coordinate some of the most complex movements in the animal kingdom.
7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes near the east coast of Russia’s Kamchatka region
There were no immediate reports of injuries of major damages.
Life needs the right atmosphere to thrive — and a planet 40 light-years away may fit the bill
A rocky, Earth-size planet located in our Milky Way galaxy could have liquid water on its surface and therefore support life.
