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First LookWild horse genome reveals hidden costs of domesticationCaptive breeding has helped preserve the last breed of wild horse on Earth, but it has also altered the Przewalksi horse's gene pool.
First LookCould you fight off prehistoric 20-foot lizards? Early Aborigines likely did.A new discovery shows Australia's first human inhabitants grappled with massive predatory lizards.
Tomb discovered in Pompeii is window into world scientists know little aboutA 4th century B.C. intact grave, discovered by French archeologists recently, provides clues about an ancient society that's a mystery to us.
'Supermoon' has company: Earth will shadow NASA moon probe, tooBoth the humongous harvest moon and NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) probe will be in Earth's shadow during Sunday's lunar eclipse. This darkness could be risky for the solar-powered probe.
Going to a lunar eclipse viewing party: Try these moon munchies
Stunning new Pluto images: Could we have imagined this 50 years ago?New photos from the New Horizons mission to Pluto point to a revolution in our understanding of the solar system that has been 50 years in the making.
Bees' tongues are shrinking, and now scientists know whyWhat scientists still don't know: How will this affect the global bee population?
First LookHow a water cycle keeps a comet 'alive'A comet's rotation directly affects how it emanates gas, say scientists analyzing data from the Rosetta space probe.
- Scientists find an easier way to kill coral-eating starfish. An improvement?
At half the price, vinegar is just as effective as ox bile in killing sea stars that are harming the Great Barrier Reef. But are conservationists missing the bigger picture?
The six biggest myths about the moonSunday's 'supermoon' lunar eclipse affords an opportunity to debunk some of the most persistent myths about Earth's natural satellite.
Scientists discover earliest known ritual decapitation in AmericasDiscovered in a cave in Brazil, the 9,000-year-old remains shed light on the funerary rites of ancient Americans.
California drought: Why a fire might be good for giant sequoiasExperts are using the drought to map different responses within the sequoia forests, signifying specific areas that will need a fire after the drought.
- Three reasons Sunday's lunar eclipse will be so special
Sunday brings a Harvest Moon, a supermoon, and a lunar eclipse, all at once.
First LookWhat do fish scales have to do with tooth enamel? More than you would think.A team of researchers from Sweden and China discovered that our teeth enamel originated from the scales of ancient fish.
Messier 17: Could a massive cosmic rose smell as sweet by any other name?A spectacular nebula, Messier 17, rapidly churns out newborn stars that create its distinctive rosy glow.
Was this 9,000-year-old American decapitated out of kindness?Archeologists found a skull that had been decapitated in what appears to be a funeral ritual.
Comet's water blasts tied to sunlight, say scientistsData from a European space probe orbiting Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko has found that the ice that appears and disappears on the comet's surface is tied to illumination by the sun.
Why Sunday's 'blood moon' eclipse will mark the end of an eraThe rare 'supermoon' lunar eclipse on Sunday will cap off a series of four total lunar eclipses at six-month intervals across the United States over the past 18 months.
How tiny, underwater creatures are slowing climate changeIn a study published Monday by British researcher David Barnes, research suggests that microscopic organisms on the ocean floor are acting as a carbon sink.
Did our tooth enamel evolve from scales?Scientists have uncovered evidence that the enamel that protects our teeth originated in the scales of fish that lived 400 million years ago.
