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An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists reported Thursday.

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The fossil, called Penghu 1, is one of the few known pieces of physical evidence from the Denisovans, extinct relatives of ...

The steady torrent of spaghetti science helps to demonstrate that deep questions lurk in our ordinary routines, and that there are plenty of hungry physicists who can't stop asking them.

At our weekly meeting to discuss the latest and greatest ideas in science, colleagues will eagerly describe some incredible new theory or spectacular find, then sit back to field questions.

Scientists have been complaining for years that the way we fund science is flawed. Researchers are too often waiting up to 20 months for grant funding, an eternity in fast-moving fields like ...

Plus, his contributions to the popularization of science cement his legacy for generations to come. Hawking began his research career in the 1960s, well before his diagnosis with ALS (amyotrophic ...

One outcome might be a rise in the influence of non-US funding agencies. The National Natural Science Foundation of China is expanding its International (Regional) Cooperation and Exchange ...

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