New World” and “Old World” are concepts still widely used to refer to the Western and Eastern Hemispheres, respectively, ...

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Ancient canal systems discovered in Arizona have transformed our understanding of the early civilizations of the American ...

It appears that the lithosphere, which is the rocks on the outside of the world, has a pretty significant role to play in why the tectonic plates are moving the way they are.” This is the insight from ...

Archaeologists have uncovered over 100 previously unknown structures at a centuries-old archaeological complex in Peru's Río ...

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Amid President Donald Trump’s attacks on government scientists and science funding, researchers are arranging rallies to “Stand Up for Science” in Washington, D.C., and nationwide on March 7 ...

YouTube star Derek Muller built an 18-million-subscriber YouTube empire by challenging misconceptions about science. Now his own blood test and a sudden EPA reversal give his work urgent relevance.