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A satellite launched in 1958, no bigger than a grapefruit and silent since 1964, is…

Crows remember individual human faces, hold grudges, and warn other birds about…

The gut and brain are in constant two-way communication

In 1994, a park ranger abseiling into a canyon 150 kilometres northwest of Sydney found…

We tend to think Voyager 1 has already left the solar system, but it has only crossed…

A T. rex unearthed in South Dakota could sell for up to $30 million at auction

By mid-2026 a single company, SpaceX, had more than 10,000 Starlink satellites circling…

In space, the human heart shrinks within days as gravity's load disappears

NASA’s Deep Space Network can detect a signal as weak as a billionth of a billionth of…

On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit Earth, returning a hero
