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Some animals can live to a startlingly old age, from the famous 392-year-old “Greenland shark” to a 190-year-old tortoise in the Seychelles. Two science studies published last week brings us closer to understanding why some animal species can live for so long – far longer than humans.

The largest bacteria known to science have been discovered in the Caribbean. They're visible to the naked eye and surprisingly complex.

The 13-foot monster is the largest freshwater fish ever recorded.

Samples from the Ryugu asteroid that were collected by the Hayabusa2 space probe contain water, according to a paper by researchers from Hokkaido University, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and other institutions that was published in the academic journal Science.

The mutation pattern does not conclusively prove sustained human-to-human transmission

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School children and visitors are waiting outside the historic museum to get back inside after they were evacuated shortly after noon

Marvel Studios has teamed up with the Science Museum for its new gallery.

In today's Inverse Daily, read science stories on NASA’s Moon woes, hidden delights under the Antarctica ice sheet, and female reproductive healthcare.

Insidious microplastics are in our blood and in the food we eat. Are we too late to stop the plastic apocalypse?

A surprising new study of dog behavior found that a dog's breed doesn't seem to affect behavior much