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Trillions of tons of hydrogen gas are likely buried in rocks and reservoirs beneath Earth's surface, but researchers aren't ...

Although there may be some earlier evidence of ritual practices by modern humans, such as the 40,000-year-old "lion man" ...

Powerful solar storms in May and October painted auroras across large parts of North America. But some U.S. farmers also ...

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"Incorporation [of fluoride] into the tooth enamel makes it more resistant to the acids produced by bacteria, helping prevent ...

A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds of hills and underwater ...