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After an orangutan hurt his face, scientists observed him chewing a plant known to relieve pain and applying a paste made from the leaves to the injury.

The reconstructed face is closer than expected to a modern-day human’s, meaning it’s “perhaps easier to see how interbreeding occurred,” experts said.

A new report released Tuesday details how oil companies knew the consequences of their emissions since at least the 1960s.

The synchronized emergence or periodic cicadas is an evolutionary strategy. But some scientists think global warming could be affecting the insects' cycles.

The complicated process requires trapping, trucking and moving bears by helicopter from Montana or British Columbia.

Astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams are slated to pilot the capsule on its first crewed test flight to the International Space Station on May 6.

The Voyager 1 probe is the most distant human-made object in existence. After a major effort to restore communication with it, NASA announced success this week.

The agency greenlit the drug, which will be marketed as Beqvez, for adults with moderate to severe hemophilia B who meet certain requirements.

The rule was among four separate measures targeting coal and natural gas plants that the EPA said would provide “regular certainty” to the power industry and encourage them to make investments to transition “to a clean energy economy.”

How flooding, storm surges and losing wildlife could erase the distinct way of life for the Gullah Geechee people who have become one with the southeastern coastline.

Trillions of red-eyed periodical cicadas are emerging from underground in the eastern U.S. this month.