Scientists learned that wild African chimpanzees consume alcohol by eating fermented fruit, suggesting that human attraction to alcohol may have ancient evolutionary origins.
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Satellite images from commercial companies show the extent of U.S. and Israeli strikes, and how Iran is responding. -
Since 1999, some areas of national forests in NC and across U.S. have been designated roadless. The Trump administration wants to change that. -
Why did a $72 million mission to study water on the moon fail so soon after launch? A new NASA report has the answer.
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The first historically recorded pandemic is believed to have struck the walled city of Jirash, in what is now modern-day Jordan, in the 7th century. A new study reveals details about those who died. -
In shaking up its Artemis lunar program, NASA's new moon plan looks more like the Apollo missions of the 1960s. Instead of landing on the surface on Artemis III, NASA hopes to do so on Artemis IV. -
There will be a total lunar eclipse in the early hours of March 3, visible across the United States.
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As climate change accelerates, local experts say the date Wisconsin's Lake Mendota freezes over is getting later, making safe conditions for activities that rely on snow and ice harder to predict.
