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As NASA’s ER-2 aircraft takes flight over the American Southwest, the GEMx mission is using high-altitude hyperspectral imaging to uncover Earth’s hidden mineral resources

Under President Donald Trump, the United States is expanding its efforts to detain and deport non-citizens at an alarming rate. In recent months, the Trump administration made deals with a number of third states to receive deported non-citizens.

Auroras aren’t over: the sun’s decline brings more storms, and a ‘last gasp’ finale could light up skies in the next 2 years.

As people embrace ChatGPT and other large language models, University of Michigan anthropologist Webb Keane says it’s easy for people to imbue AI with a human, or even god-like, authority.

Here’s a chilling peek at Episode 7 of Apple TV+’s riveting sci-fi thriller

NASA’s Perseverance rover has found minerals that could have powered life on Mars — or simply shaped the Red Planet’s environment in fascinating ways.

Some Nobel laureates were straight-A students from the get-go. But others AFP spoke to recounted how they cut class, got expelled, and had doubts about their future.

Flu detection could soon be as simple as chewing gum. Scientists have created a molecular sensor that releases a thyme-like flavor when it encounters influenza, offering a low-tech, taste-based alternative to nasal swabs. Unlike current tests that are slow, costly,…

Billions of years ago, Earth’s atmosphere was hostile, with barely any oxygen and toxic conditions for life. Researchers from the Earth-Life Science Institute studied Japan’s iron-rich hot springs, which mimic the ancient oceans, to uncover how early microbes survived. They…

New lunar samples from the far side reveal it formed from cooler magma than the near side, confirming the Moon’s interior is not uniform. Researchers suggest fewer heat-producing elements on the far side explain the difference. Theories range from ancient…