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Two high-altitude, medieval cities built by mobile herders along Silk Road trade routes in Central Asia have been hiding in...

To fuel the insatiable energy appetite of artificial intelligence, tech companies are going big on small nuclear reactors.  Last week,...

atmosphere: The envelope of gases surrounding Earth, another planet or a moon. chemical: A substance formed from two or more...