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When we think about morality, we usually focus on actions: is this act morally right or wrong? But increasingly, these kinds ...

Some ancient societies in China and Southeast Asia appear to have smoke-dried their dead, effectively mummifying them ...

Satellite observations have documented a pronounced decline in Antarctic sea ice extent since 2014, with especially sharp ...

Sri Lanka urged people on Saturday to catch and cook invasive fish species, including the giant snakehead and piranhas, that ...

The amount of toxic "forever chemicals" flowing into the River Mersey in north-west England has reached some of the highest ...

A new class of supermassive black holes embedded in a thick gas shell could explain small red dots in images from the James ...

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the brightest explosions in the universe. In just a few seconds, they can outshine all the stars ...

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

A black hole is growing at one of the fastest rates ever recorded, according to a team of astronomers. This discovery from ...