NAEP results from tests administered Jan–Mar 2024 show multi-decade declines that began before the pandemic; Education Department officials urge action as federal offices face budget cuts.
Three veterans describe encounters with Tic-Tac, triangular and cube-shaped craft and say intelligence agencies sought to silence them
Numerologists and astrologers mark Sept. 9 as a rare 'triple nine' gateway for completion and change, framed by a lunar eclipse on Sept. 7 and a solar eclipse on Sept. 21.
Tremor struck about 102 miles west-southwest of Port Orford; officials point to Cascadia Subduction Zone and new state seismic rules announced hours earlier
Kheiron Biotech says edits to the myostatin gene will increase muscle and speed; the Argentine Polo Association and dozens of breeders oppose registering gene‑edited animals
Researchers used video-based AI and questionnaires to measure how romantic partners and friends embrace, finding duration differs by relationship while tightness correlates with personality
More than 40 coins and metal ornaments found in a burned house at the ancient Black Sea city of Histria, museum officials say
Automated language analysis of three decades of obituaries shows regional and historical events shape what societies honor in death, researchers say.
A preprint argues information-theory limits make spontaneous assembly of the first cells unlikely, proposing extraterrestrial seeding as a possible explanation; the paper has not been peer-reviewed.