Scans of mummies at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History uncovered new details about how they were prepared for the afterlife and helped solve a baffling mystery.

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Nov. 4, 2024 — Using a sophisticated new modeling approach, researchers have estimated carbon dioxide emissions from inland waters to 22 million U.S. lakes, rivers ... Laser Measurements to ...

Nov. 7, 2024 — Plastic pollution exacerbates the impacts of all planetary boundaries, including climate change, ocean acidification and biodiversity loss, a new paper shows. Ahead of the final ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has made a groundbreaking discovery on Mars by uncovering pure sulfur crystals within a broken rock.

Humanity is lucky to reside on a planet circling a star with plentiful radiation, illuminating the world around us in ...

Thomas Schwartz, Vanderbilt University Professor of History and Political Science, joins this edition of Inside Politics to analyze the election results.

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The tradition of voting on a Tuesday in November dates back to the 1800s, influenced by religious practices and agricultural ...

After a generally warm October, the chill in the air today is quite the change! With tomorrow being Halloween, I dusted off ...

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