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Miley Cyrus' song for Avatar: Fire and Ash could see her nominated for her first Oscar. "Dream as One", which plays over the ...

An alien virus creates a hive mind. But the story is how the survivors fail to unite—revealing human cooperation's fragile ...

When most of us find an unwelcome beehive around the house, we see a nuisance that must be destroyed. However, after watching Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Bugonia”, audiences will think twice about reaching for ...

For many visitors, the notion of walking through a national park evokes images of gritty trails and gorgeous views (not to ...

About 300 years ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus set out on a bold quest: to identify and name every living organism on ...

If you’ve ever noticed the rising costs and falling standards that seem to be endemic in industries like healthcare, housing, ...

If aliens are out there, why haven’t we heard from them? That’s the question at the center of Pop Mech’s new story, “Aliens Probably Exist—But They’re Staying Silent For a Reason, NASA Scientist ...

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In South Africa there’s a little-known ecosystem, containing more plant species than the entire Amazon, plants that are found ...