Smithsonian geologist Gabriela Farfan studies corals, gemstones and other minerals for clues to changing oceans and environments.

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Japan’s MMX mission will be the first to the moons of Mars and it aims to bring back precious rock samples — perhaps even ...

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Triceratops’ massive skulls were built for horn-to-horn grappling. The rhino-like Centrosaurus could withstand stabbing its nose horn up and down. And the parrot-faced Psittacosaurus would have been ...

We’ve studied the moon with robotic spacecraft for decades. What do human observers add? Artemis II’s first science results ...

An excavation at an iconic Neandertal burial site uncovers evidence for one individual's potential fatal wound as well as an ...

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He talked to me using a brain implant that can decode his words directly from his thoughts. The device, called a ...