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“Consciousness,” although challenging to define, can be thought of as a first-person awareness of one’s surroundings and oneself.…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared Maine’s ongoing drought a natural disaster, allowing farmers to apply for federal…

Tryptophan, the essential amino acid behind the Thanksgiving myth that eating turkey can make you sleepy, has been…

A humpback whale called Pi is thrilling locals on the Isles of Scilly who see its annual visit…

By CHRIS MELORE, US ASSISTANT SCIENCE EDITOR Published: 21:07 EST, 26 November 2025 | Updated: 09:02 EST, 27…

As well as the traditional Thanksgiving fare, NASA astronauts on the International Space Station will enjoy clams, smoked…

New work from astrophysicists at Michigan State University may help resolve a scientific question that has lingered for…

DENVER — A new map shows more gray wolf activity along the Front Range than previous records, with…

Holiday travel reached new heights today (Nov. 27), as an American astronaut left home for Thanksgiving dinner —…

At Science Alert, Michelle Starr reports, In a series of experiments designed to test the metacognition of these fascinating apes, psychologist…

In the Transylvanian village of Pianu de Jos, 51-year-old Dana Chitucescu gathers a sack of empty polyethylene terephthalate…

An uncrewed Shenzhou 22 capsule arrived at the station Tuesday, launched late Monday on a short-notice mission to…

How did human consciousness evolve? Neuroscientist Nikolay Kukushkin traces our sophisticated brains back to the first complex cells