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A gene that helped bowheads adapt to frigid Arctic waters also granted them extraordinary longevity. Could it help aging humans become more resilient?
Read MoreAs NASA worries that China will win the next moon race, Elon Musk and his company tangled with critics.
Read MoreNASA’s chief, Sean Duffy, set the record straight after Kim Kardashian repeated the conspiracy theory that the 1969 moon landing had been faked.
Read MoreThough the country’s nuclear arsenal has undergone no explosive testing for decades, federal experts say it can reliably obliterate targets halfway around the globe.
Read MorePresident Trump explained the order by saying other, unnamed nations were testing their own nuclear weapons, even though no country has tested since 2017.
Read MoreDid certain small tyrannosaur fossils belong to “teen rex” or another species? New analysis of a recent fossil appears to have settled the debate.
Read MoreScientists offer a new idea for why orb-weaving arachnids add decorations known as stabilimenta to their webs.
Read MoreA North Dakota judge reduced the jury’s award to the pipeline company Energy Transfer to roughly $345 million, from $667 million.
Read MoreIt needs the United States for defense and has spent billions building factories in America. But a Trump trade deal this week with China could erase a Korean edge in the U.S. market.
Read MoreStaffing cuts and a federal government shutdown are stretching scientists’ ability to make valuable hurricane observations.
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