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The SMX-31 could be the first of a new generation of submarines.

Without alarm clocks, most of us would oversleep every day. So, how did humans wake up before they were invented?

Have some patience until someone takes the lead, and let’s sing some hakuna matata in the mean time.

Getting into trouble after succumbing to peer pressure isn’t just a human experience.

New research co-led by Brock University shows that a particular species of tropical, air-breathing fish that can survive for weeks on land will delay escaping from hot water if it thinks one of its peers is nearby.

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The online retailer creates a program to offer more shipping choices and predictability.

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• Ben Fox Rubin

A mammoth dig is underway that is expected to unearth 60,000 skeletons from a 230-year-old cemetery in London.

The bones of 1,200 people have so far been exhumed from the burial ground near Euston Station to make way for the new high-speed railway between the capital and Birmingham.

Recently released photos of the major dig show archaeologists clearing thick clay from coffins and brushing dirt from remains.

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A roving spring of bubbling mud is moving around like a geologic poltergeist in southern California.

There’s still a lot left to learn about black holes. One of the questions astronomers ask: How can black holes change our future?