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Scientists have captured a video showing the implantation of a human embryo for the first time, using a laboratory model of a uterus.

Hundreds of stone tools discovered in Kenya have revealed that human relatives traveled long distances to find raw material.

Researchers have combined 15 years' worth of radio data to peer through the cone of a high-energy jet and unravel the magnetic mysteries of a "blazar" billions of light-years from Earth. The new findings also shed light on the origin of elusive "ghost particles."

The first World Humanoid Robot Games are underway in China, with robots competing against each other in track and field, soccer, kickboxing and other events.

A study of March's Myanmar earthquake has found that strike-slip faults don't necessarily repeat past behavior, meaning the San Andreas fault could unleash a bigger quake than any seen before.

Floating offshore wind turbines open a whole new playing field for energy companies, which have so far had to stick to shallow waters.

Satellite images revealed the scope of destruction in the south of France where an area larger than the country's capital Paris has been turned into ashes by a massive wildfire.

The ghostly light, which was triggered by a rocket reentry, sailed across the night sky as skywatchers across the U.S. looked up to see "shooting stars" streak across the heavens. However, experts are confused over which spacecraft is responsible.

With help from AI, astronomers have spotted a never-before-seen kind of supernova that seems to have been blowing up just as it was trying to gobble down a black hole.

The recent discovery of a potential gas giant circling the nearby star Alpha Centauri A has led to speculation that it may be orbited in turn by a habitable moon that could support life, just like in the "Avatar" movies.

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Researchers have unveiled the fossils of a juvenile ancient whale that hunted off ancient Australia with large forward-facing eyes and razor-sharp teeth.

While clearing debris from the devastating floods in Texas in July, volunteers uncovered 15 large dinosaur footprints thought to belong to a formidable prehistoric predator.

A distant galaxy nicknamed "Cosmic Grapes" is bursting with massive star-forming clumps — far more than expected — offering fresh clues about how galaxies grew in the early universe.

An archaeologist in training discovered a rare medieval gold object in northwestern England during her first excavation.

We know little about how young galaxies and their black holes grew up.

A recent study that confirmed that aluminium in vaccines doesn't pose a risk to children has sparked a war of words between the RFK, Jr. and a U.S. medical journal.

A new study suggests that the mitochondria in human egg cells don't accumulate DNA mutations with age, which sets them apart from other tissues in the body.

An analysis of a stalagmite within a Mexican cave reveals detailed evidence of drought that contributed to the downfall of the Maya civilization in the area 1,000 years ago.

Reports of blue whales going silent off California don't reflect the findings of a recent study.