A potent winter storm in late January 2026 left much of North Carolina dealing with significant snow accumulations. Though the…

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A jet from a supermassive black hole is getting more energetic with time, and is now believed to be one…

The spotted lanternfly has spread across the United States with unrelenting speed — and now we have a clue as…

Around 90% of people are infected with Epstein-Barr virus at some point in their lifetimes. For most of them, the…

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For the first time, scientists have experimentally shown bonobos (Pan paniscus), our closest living relatives along with chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes),…

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