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New research reveals that Easter Island’s moai statues were built to “walk” upright using a rhythmic rocking motion.

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Artificial intelligence models are starting to succeed in science. The pace of progress has some researchers convinced that ...

On October 6 1995, at a scientific meeting in Florence, Italy, two Swiss astronomers made an announcement that would transform our understanding of the universe beyond our solar system. Michel Mayor ...

A growing number of scientists maintain that our current geological epoch should be classified as the Anthropocene, which speaks bluntly to humanity’s impact on the global environment. Yeo chose not ...

Writing essays takes a ton of time - to say nothing of all the extra time you spend in the research phase, as well as editing each draft to make sure you didn't make any typos or accidentally paste in ...

Some researchers think artificial intelligence could produce Nobel-worthy research, but others question whether autonomous AI scientists are possible or even desirable ...

A team of scientists has mapped the regions surrounding stem cells in planarians—small flatworms that are famous for being ...

Buried deep in Greenland's ice sheet lies a puzzling chemical signature that has sparked intense scientific debate.