More than half of the near-Earth objects large enough to destroy a city have never been spotted by any telescope on or off the planet. NASA estimates the total population of these objects at roughly ...

For all the horrible stuff crammed into the Epstein files, they sure have a way of making even the most crazed conspiracy theorist look credible. In a startling 2016 exchange with German philosopher ...

Around the world, many conservationists are celebrating increases in sea turtle population growth. Cape Verde in West Africa now has 100 times as many loggerhead turtle nests each year as there were ...

It’s hard to predict how the flurry of mid-decade political redistricting will affect the House partisan balance this election year. The betting now is that it might yield Republicans a one- or ...

A new University of Oxford study finds that almost half of the global population (3.79 billion) will be living with extreme heat by 2050 if the world reaches 2.0°C of global warming above ...

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Preserved by dry, cool air and darkness, the cheetah mummies are offering scientists DNA insights into a lost population and ideas for bringing it back. One of seven mummified cheetahs found in caves ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The fossil and genetic evidence agree that modern humans originated in Africa. The most genetically diverse human populations—the groups that have had the longest time to pick up novel mutations—live ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists have performed genetic ...

Two endangered red wolves are being flown into Raleigh from New York on Wednesday as part of a “wolf swap” between Durham’s Museum of Life and Science and the Wolf Conservation Center. A mom, dad and ...

Astronomers studying a distant galaxy using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have found the best candidates yet for the universe’s first stars. These so-called Population III stars arose shortly ...