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The Mystery of Pigeon Navigation Is Solved: The Key Is in the Liver
For more than a century, no one knew how pigeons navigate. The answer was hidden in an organ no one was looking at.

For more than a century, no one knew how pigeons navigate. The answer was hidden in an organ no one was looking at.

Five celestial events, zero equipment required: here’s why June 2026 is a month to keep your eyes on the sky.

Ebola was discovered, named, and contained in 1976. The one thing science still can’t answer: where it hides between outbreaks.

Four dams. A century of damage. A demolition project decades in the making. And a river that wasted no time coming back.

40,000 stone columns rise from the sea in near-perfect hexagons — and the debate over why nearly broke geology.

Scientists have described a new deep-sea octopus species from a single specimen — and in the process, they redrew the boundaries of an entire octopus family.