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Does Your Dog Love Chasing a Ball? Study Suggests Dog Toy ‘Addiction’ Is Real

Meet Jackie, a 1-in-30-Million Calico Lobster Caught Off the Coast of Massachusetts

Zora Neale Hurston's Forgotten Play Premieres on Stage for the First Time

Researchers Created Structures That Produced Blood Cells in the Lab—With a Process That Mimics Real Human Embryos

Researchers Just Revealed the First-Ever Image of Two Black Holes Orbiting Each Other

High in the Andes of Northern Chile, Hunters Once Used These Stone Wall Traps to Capture Prey

Chicago's Famous 'Rat Hole' Wasn't Actually Made by a Rat, According to a Statistical Analysis

Meet the Extinct Camels of North America, From Ice Age Giants to Sheep-Size Runners

Can This Controversial Brutalist Fountain in San Francisco Be Saved From Demolition?

How World War II Influenced 'The Chronicles of Narnia,' C.S. Lewis' Beloved Fantasy Novels

Scientists Resurrect 40,000-Year-Old Microbes From Alaskan Permafrost. What They Found Raised Worries About the Future of a Warming Arctic

The Mystery of the Ancient Roman Gravestone Discovered in a Family's Backyard Has Been Solved

Research Sheds Light on Why Women Live Longer Than Men—and Why This Pattern Will Likely Continue

You Can Now Walk Through the Colosseum's Secret Tunnel Once Used by Ancient Roman Emperors

This Chilling Recording Reveals Large Bats Catching, Killing and Eating Birds Midflight

See 15 Wondrous Winning Images From the 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards

SpaceX Successfully Launches Giant Starship Rocket’s 11th Test Flight

A Real-Life Treasure Hunt Is Underway in These American Cities

Scientists Explore the Mysterious Lives and Longevity Superpowers of Naked Mole Rats

Study Finds High Levels of Mercury in Hair Samples From Indigenous Women in Peru and Nicaragua

Surgeons in China Perform First Pig Liver Transplant in Human Patient

A Guillotine Goes on Display in Marseille, Where the Execution Device Was Last Used 48 Years Ago

Meet 25 of the Ancient Egyptians' Most Significant Gods and Goddesses, From the Falcon-Headed Horus to the Sky Deity Hathor

Why Do Sharks Go Into Feeding Frenzies? A Case Study of a Recent, Unusual Attack on a Human Looks for Answers

These Jewish Prisoners Revolted Against the Nazis, Killing Their Guards and Escaping From a World War II Death Camp

A Human Face Was Carved Into This Stone Pillar in Turkey 11,000 Years Ago

Claude Monet's Beautiful Paintings of Venice Are Headlining an Exhibition for the First Time in More Than a Century

Scientists Watch Fungi Evolve in Real Time, Thanks to a Marriage Proposal in a Cheese Cave

How This Legendary Artist’s Obsession With Flight Led Him to Create Stunning Imagery Featuring Spacecraft, Birds and Insects

María Corina Machado, Venezuela's 'Iron Lady,' Wins Nobel Peace Prize

A Recipe Engraved on a Gravestone Helps to Remember the Dearly Departed and Keep Part of Them Alive

Scientists Converted a Kidney’s Blood Type, Then Implanted It Into a Brain-Dead Patient for the First Time

Creative Hobbies Like Tango Dancing or Playing Musical Instruments May Help Keep Your Brain Young, Study Finds

Once Smuggled Animals Are Rescued, Law Enforcement Officers Call Her

A Rare Interstellar Comet Just Flew by Mars—Here Are the Photos Captured by an Orbiting Spacecraft

A Married Couple in New Orleans Found a Stone in Their Backyard. It Turned Out to Be an Ancient Roman Soldier’s Gravestone

Nigeria’s Independence From England Brought Artistic Revolution. For the First Time, England Is Showcasing It

Here's How to See Two Comets and a Meteor Shower Light Up the Sky This Month

This Hungarian Author Once Wrote a 400-Page Book With a Single Period. Now, László Krasznahorkai Is a Nobel Prize Winner

Scientists Made Functional Human Eggs With Skin Cells in 'Proof of Concept' for Advancing Fertility

This Ski Area Hired a Herd of Goats and Sheep to Help With Landscaping

A Chance for Healing, 170 Years After a Lakota Massacre

Birds Make an Alarm Call That Spans Species and Continents—and May Offer Insight Into the Evolution of Human Language

This New Exhibition Explores the Lives of Ancient Egyptian Makers

Architects of a New Kind of Molecular Structure Win Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Studying Clever Creases in Nature May Inspire Foldable Structures for Drones and Robots

Paris Museum Puts Édouard Manet on Mock Trial for Painting a Scandalous Scene of a Nude Woman

This Adoptee Discovered a Trove of Documents in a Nun’s Basement. The Rare Vietnam War Records May Rewrite the Story of Operation Babylift

A Massive Art Installation by the ‘Humans of New York’ Creator Has Taken Over Grand Central Terminal

Someone Donated These Mysterious Artifacts to a Thrift Shop. Experts Think They Might Date to Medieval Times