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Researchers have developed an imaging chip for mobile devices that uses high-frequency radio waves to ‘see’ through objects.

When the sun reaches its period of peak activity, known as solar maximum, our star's magentic field will suddenly reverse. But why does it happen, and will it impact Earth?

Gum is full of non-food items, like resins, emulsifiers and softeners. So what happens when we swallow a piece?

This 2018 satellite photo of ice caps on the Arctic islands of Russia's Severnaya Zemlya archipelago highlights the beautiful concentric rings of color in the ice, which stand out against the islands' barren landscape.

New research shows it's possible to use ultrasound waves to monitor activity in the human brain.

From chatbots giving truly terrible health advice to facial recognition software incorrectly flagging members of congress as criminals, here are some of the most catastrophic mistakes artificial intelligence has ever made.

Snapped from lunar orbit in 1968 by NASA astronaut Bill Anders, who died this week at age 90, 'Earthrise' is perhaps the most iconic image of our planet ever taken.

Earth's day used to be five hours shorter, and it's predicted to continue lengthening over time.

Archaeologists in Peru have discovered two 16th-century toddler burials with evidence of smallpox, indicating that the foreign illness spread quickly with European contact.

Qinling pandas were officially recognized as a subspecies in 2005, but the mystery of their brown fur was only resolved almost two decades later.

The baked clay tablet tells the tale of an epic flood.