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Exoplanetary meteorology enables scientists to determine weather patterns on planets too far for direct observation.

Einstein's groundbreaking theory of general relativity has remained an essential hallmark of modern physics.

New research suggests that a distinct species, dubbed "hobbits", existed between 17,000 and 95,000 years ago.

I could not bring myself to accept string theory’s claim, often presented as a scientific fact, that there are exactly 11 dimensions.

Solar flares are highly unpredictable and difficult to anticipate. But their threat is very real.

Physicists, in recent years, have been trying to find evidence of antimatter in the universe. Its existence could overturn the Big Bang theory.

Advances in quantum mechanics has proved the existence of entanglement, a principle even Einstein had a hard time swallowing.

Now that water has been discovered on Mars, the next step is to ensure we don't contaminate the planet with Earthly microbes and bacteria.

New Horizons, the NASA probe deployed to visit Pluto, has begun a new mission: visit the Kuiper belt, a region beyond the orbit of Neptune.

Despite a long tradition of scientific inquiry and study, no Chinese scientist has won the coveted Nobel Prize. Until now. We try to understand why.

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