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India’s Chandrayaan-3 Moon Landing: Watch Live

Aug. 23, 2023, 5:30 a.m. ET Aug. 23, 2023, 5:30 a.m. ET India’s recent efforts in space exploration closely mirror the country’s diplomatic push as an...

What People Misunderstand About Rape

In everyday speech, freezing is often confused with tonic immobility, but they are not the same — tonic immobility is more extreme. Collapsed immobility,...

These Bees Have Been Mummified in Their Cocoons for 3,000 Years

A research team was combing the coastline of southwest Portugal in 2019 in search of signs of how its ecosystem had changed over time....

How Nursing Homes Failed to Protect Residents From Covid

The first terrifying wave of Covid-19 caused 60,000 deaths among residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities within five months. As the...

The Oldest Plant-Eating Dinosaur Has Been Found in India

The Thar Desert today is a scorching region in western India’s Rajasthan state. But in the Mesozoic Era, it was a tropical shoreline along...

Ancient Fires Drove Sabertooth Cats and Other Large Mammals Extinct, Study Suggests

Wildfires are getting worse. Parts of the United States, scientists say, are experiencing wildfires three times as often — and four times as big...

As Dolphins Die in Black Sea, Ukraine Builds Case for Ecocide Against Russia

The victim was discovered along a stretch of beach near the port city of Odesa in southern Ukraine early this summer, with the cause...

Superconductor Scientist Faces Investigation as a Paper Is Retracted

Why It Matters: Recurring doubts about blockbuster physics claims.A superconductor is a material that effortlessly carries electrical current. If such a substance works at...

Opioid Settlement Money Is Being Spent on Police Cars and Overtime

After years of legal battles to hold the pharmaceutical industry responsible for the opioid crisis, payments from court settlements are finally being distributed to...

Mütter Museum in Philadelphia Weighs Dialing Down its ‘Electric Frankness’

The Mütter Museum, located at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, is a unique 19th-century medical collection that attracts approximately 160,000 visitors annually. With...

El Perucetus pudo haber sido el animal más pesado de la historia

Los paleontólogos presentaron el miércoles los huesos fosilizados de una de las ballenas más extrañas de la historia. Este leviatán de 39 millones de...

W. Jason Morgan, 87, Dies; Developed the Theory of Plate Tectonics

W. Jason Morgan, who in 1967 developed the theory of plate tectonics — a framework that revolutionized the study of earthquakes, volcanoes and the...