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Following years of drought, the wells in Estancia, N.M., are running dry. After declaring a water emergency last week, the small town in Torrance County is hau…

People usually become infected from eating contaminated food or water.

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Scientists just unveiled “cyborg” cockroaches that can breathe underwater for hours The bionic bugs could be called up for aquatic search and rescue missions, …

Why this 98-qubit quantum computer is a big deal A new quantum computer sets a high watermark for accuracy. Are we on the verge of a big breakthrough?

Police identified the defendants' "three dogs as those that attacked the two juveniles, causing the death of one and serious bodily injury to the other." The p…

In central London's Waterloo Place, a life-size statue that emerged overnight in late April has been creating a stir. When I visited a few weeks after it was e…

Scientists worry that a surge of meltwater from Greenland could irreversibly collapse the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, but new modelling sugges…

The 1876 American Centennial Exhibition, held in Philadelphia, showcased innovations ranging from steam engines to the telephone to soda water. Hulton Archive/…

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