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DeepSeek's V3 and R1 models took the world by storm this week. Here's why they're such a big deal.

Footprints from people and animals feeling the eruption of Vesuvius in 1995 B.C. were recently discovered in a town near Pompeii.

The FDA has approved Journavx, an oral medication for treating pain that doesn't target the brain like addictive opioids.

A nasal spray that contains esketamine — a potent derivative of ketamine — can now be taken on its own to treat adults with severe depression, the FDA says. Here's what that means.

The new technique could produce materials for use in helicopters, airplanes and spacecraft.

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The remains of Alexander the Great may lie under the streets of Alexandria, they may have been "eaten by a shark," or they may be somewhere else entirely. But one thing is certain: Archaeologists don't agree.

Alexander the Great died at age 32, but his cause of death is unclear. What killed him has been a long-standing source of debate.

The "vampire" find illustrates a popular fear that the "undead" could rise from their graves.

A new fungus that infects cave spiders and turns them into "zombies" was discovered in a Victorian gunpowder store at Castle Espie in Northern Ireland during filming for a TV show.

The gigantic coronal hole is blasting high-speed solar wind toward Earth, potentially igniting vibrant auroras and minor geomagnetic activity on Jan. 31.

Rather than helping each other out when they're attacked, plants may have to eavesdrop on each other to know when to launch their own defenses.

A mechanism that activates specific muscles in our ears is a leftover from our evolutionary past, back when our ancestors depended more on their hearing for survival.

Upheaval Dome is a giant rock formation in southeastern Utah with two potential origin stories, although most scientists think it was created by an ancient meteor strike.

The rodent has been predicting the start of spring since 1887. But how good is Phil at his prognostications?

Let's explore the possibility of traveling to universes beyond our own — if they so exist, that is.

A woman with heart failure was kept alive long enough to receive a heart transplant, in part thanks to newly developed stem-cell-derived heart tissue grafts.

Astronomers have retracted the discovery of a new asteroid after realizing the object was the remains of Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster and its driver "Starman," which were launched into space in 2018.

A new study suggests the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation has not weakened since the 1960s — but there's no doubt the circulation will slow in the future, experts say.

"This process is like a cosmic CT scan, where we can look through different slices of cosmic history and track how matter clumped together at different epochs."