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By Gabriel Popkin, Inside Science -- When leaders of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory, or LIGO, announced in February the first-ever direct detection of a gravitational wave, astrophysicists Scott Ransom from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and Andrea Lommen at Franklin and Marshall University in Lancaster, Pennsylva

The most complete skull of the extinct, flightless bird ever found has revealed adaptations that might have made the creature well-adapted for a life near water

The former Air Force pilot trained to become an astronaut in the 1960s but was never selected by NASA. On a Blue Origin flight Sunday, he became the oldest person to go to space

The animals ran around residential areas before community members—including a former rodeo bullfighter—helped corral three of them

Credit: Tobyotter via flickrBy: Nala Rogers, Inside Science(Inside Science) -- The spiders iconic leggy shape can abruptly yank our attention, even when we’re focused on something else, according to a new study. Other shapes such as houseflies and hypodermic needles don’t draw our attention in the same way.

The dark history of genetics - with Adam Rutherford (2023 HBS Haldane Lecture)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gddkc5Snq3I This lecture was recorded at the Ri on 11 October 2023. Join the 2023 JBS Haldane Lecturer Adam Rutherford as he explores how, as we continue to use and celebrate the advances of our intellectual predecessors, we frequ

The 27 vertebrae discovered in India suggest the enormous creature, dubbed Vasuki indicus, was between 36 and 50 feet long

Public water systems will have to test water and reduce levels of six types of PFAS if they aren't in compliance with the new rule

The Nobel Prize winner predicted the Higgs boson, a fundamental particle that scientists successfully discovered in 2012, explaining how particles get their mass and underlying a key theory of the universe

The circular wisps are mostly condensed water vapor