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Created by Italian special effects designer Carlo Rambaldi, the three-foot-tall prop can be seen in the film hiding among ...

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SpaceX launched the private Fram2 mission Monday (March 31), sending a crew of four spaceflight rookies into an orbit never ...

Researchers found evidence that the joints evolved as the species became active predators with jaws and mobile skeletons.

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Bronze Age people in Mesopotamia built elaborate stone tombs full of spectacular grave goods and human sacrifices.

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Scientists are learning what short and long-duration space missions do to human bodies. Some changes are common like a puffier face, bone loss, and less sleep. Here are nine ways the harsh ...

Williams and Wilmore are accompanied by astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, who arrived at the ISS in December on a rescue mission to bring them back. NASA confirmed that ...