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Ever since its formation around 4.5 billion years ago, Earth's rotation has been gradually slowing down, and its days have gotten progressively longer as a result.

In the cold, distant reaches of the Solar System, far beyond Pluto, astronomers have just identified what could be a new dwarf planet.

We've long known that a lack of sleep is bad for the heart - but scientists are now starting to understand exactly how it causes harm.

A hawk in New Jersey has been seen using a clever, urban hunting strategy: taking sound cues from traffic signals to exploit cars for cover, before striking prey.

US forecasters are expecting an above-normal 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, with 13 to 19 named storms, and 6 to 10 of those becoming hurricanes.

In a promising new study, scientists have adapted an experimental cancer treatment to control celiac disease.

Humans are not yet done cooking.

The JWST has done it again.

Scientists in China have developed contact lenses that let wearers see light normally invisible to the human eye.

We're all awash in plastic fragments, with many of the smallest particles ranging in size from a micrometer down to a single nanometer across.