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A team of researchers including Museum scientists published today the most comprehensive documentation of a sperm whale birth ever recorded. The two studies document an entire sperm whale unit—w ...

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For amateur and avid gardeners alike, the arrival of spring often launches planting season: Time to toil in the soil!

Batteries that use solid metal as their charge-carrying electrolyte could potentially be a safer and far more energy-dense alternative to lithium-ion batteries. However, these solid-state batteries ha ...

Swarms of pico-satellites could work together as a single large antenna for direct-to-smartphone communications, as reported ...

Researchers have determined how a key protein activates brown fat by expanding blood vessels and nerves in the ...

The Boltzmann brain hypothesis states that, between the Big Bang occurring and a fully-formed brain suddenly popping into ...

What most people think of when they hear the word “dementia” is memory problems and forgetfulness. But what people often don’t know is that dementia can cause many ...

I have seen the center of a monster. Most people describe the sound of a tornado as like a freight train, but up close, it’s ...

Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute and an international team of collaborators have defined a ...