Discover how innovative mapping initiatives are transforming the documentation of Black history, from civil rights movements ...

For most of history, the Moon was regarded as a mysterious and powerful object. Then scientists made it into a destination ...

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Jurassic bird fossil discovery of a species named Baminornis zhenghensis pushes bird evolution timeline back 20 million years ...

The technology behind shades has changed over the centuries. From Inuit snow goggles to aviators to polarized sunglasses.

Some cyanobacteria have pigments that specialise in harvesting green light to power photosynthesis, which may be because they ...

Cartography is the discipline of making or studying maps. The process of communicating or visualising spatial data, it is often employed in urban planning, environmental studies, disaster ...

Humans evolved late in Earth history. While this timing inspired the conclusion that humanlike life is a cosmic improbability ...

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Pennington Biomedical Research Center researchers have recently published a piece in the Journal of Medical Internet Research ...

An 11,000-year-old Indigenous settlement found in Saskatchewan reshapes the understanding of North American civilizations.

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