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The house cat (Felis catus) slunk into China in the eighth century. But long before that, the ancient Chinese were…

On August 16, 2012, residents of the tiny Dutch village of Huizinge were rattled by an inexplicably large 3.6 magnitude…

Meghan Rosen is a senior writer who reports on the life sciences for Science News. She earned a Ph.D. in…

Major surgery takes a major toll on the body — not unlike running a marathon. You wouldn’t attempt a marathon…

Measles is making a comeback in the Americas.  The United States may soon have to return its gold medal status…

In 2009, Yohannes Haile-Selassie and his team were combing the desert landscape of Burtele, a paleontological site in the Afar Region…

When the wind blows on Mars, electricity crackles through the air. For the first time, scientists have detected electricity in…

Belém, Brazil — The Amazon rainforest is a poster child for the perils of climate change. Deforestation and warming temperatures threaten…

Gratitude is arguably as quintessential to Thanksgiving as turkey, cranberry sauce and the kumbaya story of Pilgrims and Native Americans…

Small, icy moons might be boiling under their surface. Many moons in the outer solar system are thought to harbor…