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Scientists at the University of New Mexico have played a key role in identifying a rare, 4.1-billion-year-old Martian meteorite that provides new evidence that the Red Planet may have once had a wetter, Earth-like environment. The discovery, titled “A...

Researchers at The University of New Mexico examined the effects of consuming cannabis on nausea symptoms from five minutes to one-hour post-cannabis consumption and showed that using Cannabis results in an average symptom improvement of nearly 4 points...

Melissa Bokovoy, a regents’ lecturer and professor in the University of New Mexico Department of History, has been elected the newest president of the Association for Slavic, Eastern European and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES). Her term will begin Jan. 1,...

Horses first emerged on the continent of North America. Millions of years of evolutionary changes transformed the horse before it became the natural companion of many Indigenous peoples and the flagship symbol of the southwest. An international team...

Earth may have produced much of its water during the planet’s formation, as rocky pebbles reacted with the hydrogen-rich atmosphere surrounding the young planet, according to new research published in Nature Geoscience. The findings offer a potential...

The University of New Mexico will welcome its first cohort to a new Master of Social Work program in the spring of 2027. Funded by an endowment from the Higher Education Department, the program will help to address workforce shortages in social work.