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Earth is often described as a circle or an oval, but it is neither. As the planet spins more than 1,000 miles per hour at the equator, it develops a slight bulge around its middle. The result is what ...

A new dinosaur species, Mamenchisaurus sanjiangensis, with an incredibly long neck rewrites the history of Jurassic dinosaurs ...

Marines deploy with a variety of weapons, but only a handful consistently earn their confidence in real-world conditions. From salty sea air aboard ship to sand-filled valleys in the Middle East, ...

NEW YORK - The American Girls are turning 40, but when you look at them, you’d never know it. They are forever 10, ...

Nestled in the southwestern corner of North Dakota, Dickinson has quietly been perfecting the art of offering big-city amenities with small-town prices, all while maintaining that irresistible prairie ...

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Astronomers just measured the mass of a free-floating planet without a star for the first time ...

Poetically, Tolkien’s long struggle to realize his vision — the self-doubt that led to long pauses in composition, his frustrations with publishers and his general inability to be satisfied enough ...

TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized world in the system’s habitable zone, is drawing scientific attention as researchers hunt for signs of an atmosphere—and potentially life-supporting conditions. Early James ...

After more than a decade of wars, from Syria to Gaza, the Middle East is exhausted by conflict. Is it ready to find another ...