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Far beneath the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,000 kilometers off Portugal's coast, lies a colossal underwater canyon system that dwarfs even the Grand Canyon. Known as the King's Trough Complex, this 500-kilometer stretch of trenches and deep basins formed ...

A century after Erwin Schrödinger sketched out a bold vision for how we perceive color, scientists have finally filled in the missing pieces. A Los Alamos team used advanced geometry to show that hue, saturation, and lightness aren't shaped by ...

Cleaner wrasse have revealed a remarkable new side of fish intelligence. Marked with fake parasites, they used mirrors to inspect and remove the spots--far faster than seen in earlier tests. Even more striking, some fish dropped shrimp in front of .. ...

Deep in the heart of the Sahara, scientists have uncovered Spinosaurus mirabilis -- a spectacular new predator crowned with a massive, scimitar-shaped crest that may once have blazed with color under the desert sun. Discovered in remote inland river ...

Triceratops' massive head may have been doing more than just showing off those famous horns. Using CT scans and 3D reconstructions of fossil skulls, researchers uncovered a surprisingly complex nasal system hidden inside its enormous snout. Instead . ...

Deep in the Arctic north, drained peatlands--once massive carbon vaults built over thousands of years--are quietly leaking greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. But new field research from northern Norway suggests there's a powerful way to slow that ...

Flea and tick medications trusted by pet owners worldwide may have an unexpected environmental cost. Scientists found that active ingredients from isoxazoline treatments pass into pet feces, exposing dung-feeding insects to toxic chemicals. These ...

Deep inside a Romanian ice cave, locked away in a 5,000-year-old layer of ice, scientists have uncovered a bacterium with a startling secret: it's resistant to many modern antibiotics. Despite predating the antibiotic era, this cold-loving microbe .. ...

Scientists at Stanford have unveiled the first-ever global map of rare earthquakes that rumble deep within Earth's mantle rather than its crust. Long debated and notoriously difficult to confirm, these elusive quakes turn out to cluster in regions .. ...

For decades, scientists have believed that complex life began when two very different microbes joined forces, eventually giving rise to plants, animals, and fungi. But one major puzzle remained: how could these organisms have met if one depended on . ...