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The mammals were brought onto an island to cull venomous snakes, but only had eyes for the island's endangered rabbits.
Scientists have found evidence that the hairy bodies of some tarantulas keep them safe from a dangerous—but tiny—foe.
The timekeeping device is made with atomic nuclei of thorium, although it is not yet more precise than standard atomic clocks.
Previous studies concluded there were some weird light-generating objects out there, but that doesn't appear to be the case.
A new study suggests that Viking societies in Denmark were far less violent than their Norwegian counterparts, and with political centralization playing a key role.
R.I.P. to a good portion of the bow feature, made famous in the iconic "King of the World" scene of the eponymous 1997 movie.
Ground teams cannot restore the spacecraft's full thrust, forcing it to take a different trajectory on its way to the innermost planet.
The impact event happened 4 billion years ago and can be further investigated by an upcoming mission.
The 2,200-year-old artifact was used in a famous battle between Rome and Carthage as part of the Punic Wars.
Humans have been getting high since basically the dawn of time.
The microwave-oven-sized cubesat unfurled its massive sail to test a novel way of traveling through space.
A second mobile launcher for upcoming Artemis missions could cost more than six times its original value, according to a recent audit.
Accretions in the cave push back the bridge's construction by over 1,000 years, raising questions about migration onto the Spanish islands.
The sea cow, which lived between 23 million and 11.6 million years ago, was likely killed by the croc before being scavenged upon by the shark.
Observations by a NASA suborbital rocket confirmed a 60-year-old hypothesis about a driver of the planet's polar wind.
The rocket suffered a rare landing malfunction after delivering 21 Starlink satellites to orbit.
Jaguars, spiders, and jackdaws, oh my!
The JUICE spacecraft recently swung past the Moon and Earth in a rare maneuver on its journey to Jupiter.
Unlike fussy animal tissue, fungi are easy to grow and thrive in tough conditions, making them ideal for powering biohybrid machines.
The rocket delivered the latest batch of Starlink satellites to orbit but failed to stick the landing.
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