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China's Chang'e 6 mission return capsule has been transferred to Beijing and opened to access its precious cargo -- samples from the moon's mysterious far side.

A new study reveals that misleading information about depression is widespread, making it harder for people to grasp the causes of their distress. The study criticizes the circular reasoning used in psychiatric diagnoses...

Researchers have found that sleep deprivation can hide, rather than erase, memories in mice, and that these memories can be restored using existing drugs. The study demonstrated that roflumilast, an asthma medication, co...

If there's life on Jupiter's moon Europa or Saturn's moon Enceladus, it could have a network of deep-sea hydrothermal vents to thank for its existence, new research suggests.

"Even the +, ', =, and -- signs we take for granted only came into widespread use in the 17th century. Which means that the earlier algebraists we know of ... all had expressed their equations mostly in words or pictoria...

A bridge that collapsed 2,000 years ago in what is now Switzerland may have fallen on Celtic sacrifice victims, a new study finds.

A new multiwavelength 3D visualization of the iconic "Pillars of Creation" showcases the differences between Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope data.

The diversity of even the largest animals depends on the smallest factors.

Nikon release its best entries so far for the Comedy Wildlife Awards 2024.