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Million-year-old skull may rewrite timeline of human evolution

Until now, the earliest known evidence of Homo sapiens dates back 300,000 years in Africa. But the reclassification of Yunxian 2 suggests that three major human lineages – Homo sapiens,...

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Earth may be giving the Moon a case of rust: scientists

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An asteroid is going to hit the moon. Here’s how scientists plan to destroy it

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New clear coating can turn any window Into a solar panel

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Ancient fish genes that shaped buttholes may have given us fingers: Study

An artist’s impression of a tiny Pterodactylus hatchling struggling against a raging tropical storm about 150 million years ago during the Jurassic Period, inspired by fossil discoveries in Germany. Pterodactylus is a genus of pterosaur, the flying reptiles that lived during the age of dinosaurs. The image was released by the University of Leicester on September 5, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Fossils tell story of baby flying reptiles doomed by tropical storms

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Scientists find unusual features on Mars that point to signs of ancient life

A 'selfie' taken by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, made up of 62 individual images, on July 23, in this image released on September 10, 2025. A rock nicknamed 'Cheyava Falls,' which has features that may bear on the question of whether the Red Planet was long ago home to microscopic life, is seen to the left of the rover near the centre of the image. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Handout via REUTERS

NASA rover finds potential sign of ancient life in Martian rocks

A Super Blood Moon is seen behind the Saint Nicolas Church during a lunar eclipse on January 21, 2019 in Prague. Photo: AFP

What to expect during the 'blood moon' total lunar eclipse tonight

Preventing non-communicable diseases like diabetes is a matter of collective approach that needs active public engagement as well as extensive research.

In worlds first, gene-edited cells help diabetic man produce insulin

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China astronauts generate rocket fuel, oxygen in space using 'artificial photosynthesis'

An artist's conception shows a massive star being stretched by the gravitational forces of a nearby black hole prior to the star's supernova explosion, in this undated handout image. Illustration: Melissa Weiss/Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA)/Handout via REUTERS

New type of supernova detected as black hole causes star to explode

An artist's conception shows a massive star being stretched by the gravitational forces of a nearby black hole prior to the star's supernova explosion, in this undated handout image. Melissa Weiss/Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA)/Handout via REUTERS

New type of supernova detected as black hole causes star to explode