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A 2014 photo shows a massive, iceberg-littered pool of vibrant blue meltwater sitting alone on top of a glacier in Alaska. Similar "melt ponds" are becoming increasingly common in the Arctic due to climate change and are further accelerating the rate of ice loss across the region.

The new city, dubbed Valeriana, was a dense urban settlement with temple pyramids and a ball court.

Researchers have found that forensic "DNA mixture analysis" is less accurate for certain groups of people with lower genetic diversity, which could falsely link them to crime scenes.

Around 1,200 years ago, a cat "made biscuits," kneading on a drying clay jug in Jerusalem, leaving behind the oldest evidence of this feline behavior on record.

Language processing happens at speeds significantly faster than it takes to speak one word aloud.

A deep neural network was trained using quantum tunneling to mimic the human ability to view optical illusions.

Tsunamis and tidal waves are the powerful types of wave on Earth, but very different processes are involved in their formation.

Archaeologists think the felt figurine was used as a symbol of life by the Iron Age people of the region.

Wind can whip up to surprising speeds, depending on if it's natural or human made.

In a new peer-reviewed study, Ne'Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson outlined 10 ways to solve the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry, including a proof they discovered in high school.

"If you constantly use an AI to find the music, career or political candidate you like, you might eventually forget how to do this yourself." Ethicist Muriel Leuenberger considers the personal impact of relying on AI.