Merriam-Webster on Thursday announced a major overhaul of its popular "Collegiate" dictionary. The company has added more ...

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A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 ...

The Philippines evacuated hundreds of thousands of people and confirmed at least three deaths Friday as a severe tropical ...

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Imagine a protest outside the funeral of a popular political leader, with some of the protesters celebrating the death and ...

When Apollo 17 astronauts collected a small rock from the moon more than 50 years ago, they had no way of knowing it would ...

One of the most powerful black holes in the universe is belching out gas at speeds of up to 10,000 kilometers per second, ...

Salt intrusion is a growing concern worldwide. Eleonora Saccon, who completed a master's degree in climate change ecology in ...

Youth protesters in Nepal are in the global spotlight for their angry response to the government's sweeping social media ban ...