For almost two decades, scientists have debated whether sponges or comb jellies are the first animal lineage. Now some are calling for a more harmonious approach.
A termite starts at the center of the face of any one of the edge cubes and bores a path that takes it through every cube ...
The decorated Olympic skier has had numerous injuries and a partial knee replacement but still plans to go for the gold at ...
Watching sporting events like the Super Bowl can influence our brains and bodies—and not always in a good way ...
Preliminary studies suggest that a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet could reduce schizophrenia symptoms in some people, but ...
After 25 years, Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider—the U.S.’s largest particle collider—has ...
The upcoming drugs CagriSema and retatrutide target multiple gut hormones and could cause twice as much weight loss than ...
From vegetation scans to 360-degree smoke detectors, new tools are trying to shine a light on the most dangerously dark areas ...
Many different bird species have been affiliated with the Seattle Seahawks’ mascot, but none is technically a “seahawk” ...
You might think galaxies can’t ever find each other in our runaway cosmos, but it turns out gravity can sometimes overcome ...
King cobras, the world’s longest venomous snakes, are popping up in parts of India where they have no business being—and it ...
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