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England's pre-Viking elite were "flexitarians" who only consumed huge feasts of meat on special occasions, according to isotopic skeleton analysis.

Georgia State University scientists were "really surprised" after a gene-editing experiment led to Syrian hamsters showing high levels of aggression.

A team of Indian scientists found 39 videos showing Asian elephants mourning by roaring, holding vigil, and carrying the dead, per a new study.

Kayakers discovered a human skull in a drought-hit river last September. Experts say it likely belonged to a man who lived between 5,500 and 6,000 BC.

The coprolite was found in Durrington Walls, a settlement a few miles away from Stonehenge where those who built the monument stayed, scientists say.

Most kids haven't even had their first COVID-19 shot yet. Public health experts are concerned they're most at risk as new variants emerge.

Voyager 1's new data has scientists wondering if its systems may be glitching — which could affect the spacecraft's ability to send data back to NASA.

NASA needs Boeing's Starliner spaceship to transport astronauts, but first the company has to fly it without errors. Last time it failed.

InSight detected more than 1,300 quakes on Mars, revealing the planet's inner layers for the first time. But NASA engineers couldn't clear the dust.

After the Japanese government accidentally gave a 24-year-old man his entire town's COVID relief funds, the man says he gambled it away online.

Scientists were looking at how humans in southeast Asia today have some genes of an ancient human species mostly recorded in Siberia.

An underwater volcano erupted on January 15 near the Pacific island of Tonga. Scientists are beginning to understand just how big it was.

To better understand unidentified objects in the sky, we need to use satellites, fast-tracking cameras, and audio sensors, some scientists say.

At the federal and state level, mask mandates have been relaxed and the US has fully vaccinated 66% of its population.

The FDA's third shot recommendation for kids 5-11 comes after budding research suggested two COVID shots may not be enough against Omicron.

Plants grown in moon dirt showed signs of stress, were smaller, and grew more slowly than their counterparts grown in soil from Earth.

"I don't know why they think I'm interested in knowing people's locations — that one I still have to laugh at," Gates said.

Vets in an animal hospital in Ahmedabad said they had treated thousands of dehydrated birds in recent weeks due to relentless "unsurvivable" heat.

A doctor in India is planning a womb transplant that might allow a transgender woman to carry children.

Every season could be wildfire season now, experts say. Not even affluent neighborhoods like Orange County's Coronado Pointe are safe.

Researchers captured the first image of our galaxy's supermassive black hole. It could help confirm Einstein's theory of general relativity.

Researchers unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole lurking at the heart of our galaxy.