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With Artemis II well underway, learn what comes next for this historic mission.

Learn how subduction zones become enriched in gold through repeated melting of Earth's mantle.

Learn how bone dice from Ice Age sites in the American West are pushing the origins of gambling back by more than 6,000 years ...

Learn how newly discovered Ediacaran fossils are pushing the origins of animals back millions of years before the Cambrian ...

Discover how Indigenous art from less than 1,000 years ago could reshape what we know about the Tasmanian tiger’s disappearance from mainland Australia.

Learn how imagination works in the brain and why it may come from higher-level systems, not just a replay of sensory experiences.

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Learn how early human language relied on simple verb-noun combinations, and how these structures still survive today as clues ...

Learn how snow leopards, Himalayan wolves, and leopards share the same habitat in the Himalayas by hunting different prey, ...

Learn how researchers decoded 2,000-year-old ash from Pompeii incense burners to reveal imported resins from Africa and Asia, ...

Learn how seals move their whiskers to pick up tiny movements in the water — and what this might mean for the future of robotics.