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Mars One wants to send permanent settlers to Mars by 2023. To make the trip's cost and logistics more realistic, said settlers won't get a return ticket. But returning home seems a minor detail for many. From late April ...

Scientists have identified a molecular pathway -- a series of interaction among proteins -- involved in the development of diabetes.

Scientists have presented a map that points to the genetic causes of differences between people. The study offers the largest-ever dataset linking human genomes to gene activity at the level of RNA.

A simulated smash-up between a comet and a planet has created amino acids within the comet's ice     

A mutation in one gene means that a girl is unable to sense pain – a discovery that could hold clues for the development of new drugs     

(University of Bristol) New research has revealed that more ice leaves Antarctica by melting from the underside of submerged ice shelves than was previously thought, accounting for as much as 90 percent of ice loss in so...