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"The Grand Canyon is an epic Rosetta Stone for geology," Denver Museum of Nature and Science geologist James Hagadorn said.

Armed with advanced technology, decades of expertise, and insights from an NSF-funded study, a multi-institution team of ...

Morton was a physician and naturalist who lived in Philadelphia from 1799 until the end of his life in 1851. A lecture he delivered to aspiring doctors at the Philadelphia Association for Medical ...

Ayşegül Savaş’s “The Wilderness” is part of a slew of little books on new motherhood and art—and their tensions.

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Orbital,” by Samantha Harvey, won the 2024 Booker Prize on Tuesday. The book follows a day in the life of six astronauts.

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