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Can you smell bugs? Learn more about how our sense of smell work, and why that can lead some to be able to smell insects.

Learn how a new discovery of a giant planet can help scientists refine their theories of how planets form.

Learn how a deactivated satellite sends signals from beyond, not by reviving its systems, but by inadvertently setting off sparks.

Learn how a rescue excavation revealed the definitive date of the Carnac megaliths and gave new clues to their function.

Learn why a lichen found in the Mojave Desert has become key evidence in the search for extraterrestrial life.

Recent archaeological discovery expands our knowledge on complex Indigenous societies in South America.

Learn more about TWA 7 b, an exoplanet with the mass of Saturn that was captured by creating a fake eclipse.

Learn more about a sequence of increases in the carbon dioxide in our ancient atmosphere, which can tell us about our oceans’ future.

Discover more about Newgrange and the people who were buried there. And what those people can tell us about the elites of Neolithic Ireland.

Learn more about the discovery of a giant possum in Big Bend National Park and how it’s connected to early primate evolution.

Associated with the infamous King Tut's curse, a deadly spore may now be turned into a potent leukemia treatment.

Learn why the idea of an ancient African drying period is now being challenged and what this means for the story of the first humans.

Learn more about the new study which suggests humans had to adapt to different environments within the African continent before being able to successfully migrate out of it.

Discover the first images from NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory and learn about what it's new mission is for space.