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For decades, an influential theory blamed the Rapanui for their own downfall—a story made famous by Jared Diamond’s book Collapse. New evidence tells a different tale

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will soon launch to unravel the mysteries of dark energy and dark matter.

Solid-state batteries have reached a make-or-break moment. Two American companies are pursuing rival manufacturing strategies for these long-promised cells in an industry China dominates.

Scientists whose papers are cited by a Heritage Foundation report on women in sports say the conservative think tank, which has influenced several high-profile Trump administration policies, misrepresents their research and neglects the science.

El Niño years typically mean warmer ocean temperatures and less wind shear in some parts of the Pacific—and that means more potential for hurricanes

A genetic study shows how smell capabilities were maintained in a hunter-gatherer population