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In October, an ambitious, collaborative genetic research program based at Baylor University became the largest cloud-based genomic research project to date, by its own account. As part of Cohorts for Heart and Aging Rese...

Super typhoon Haiyan was significantly stronger than Hurricane Katrina, due to different atmospheric conditions in the western Pacific.

Back in 1991, Nature published a picture from the IMAX movie Antarctica, along with the caption: "Emperor penguins may be waddling jokes on land, but underwater they can turn into regular rockets...accelerating from 0 to...

Everyone knows what it's like to be uncertain - at least, humans do. But are non-human animals ever uncertain?

'Til You Drop Robinsons Place Manila, Philippines Ninjakeg, CC BY-SA 3.0 You've seen it happen. One day, you're aspirationally browsing performance outerwear online; the next day, you're seeing ads for Primaloft and Gore...

From the production of tougher, more durable smart phones and other electronic devices, to a wider variety of longer lasting biomedical implants, bulk metallic glasses are poised to be mainstay materials for the 21st Cen...

Initiatives to market African tree products are taking root.

From the production of tougher, more durable smart phones and other electronic devices, to a wider variety of longer lasting biomedical implants, bulk metallic glasses are poised to be mainstay materials for the 21st Cen...

A mild electrical stimulation to a specific brain area could be an effective treatment for some patients with eating disorders such as bulimia, researchers say.

After Super Typhoon Haiyan, the Philippines has been left in tatters, with thousands dead. Here are seven steps that can be taken to help the country recover from the storm.

Einstein in 1931Image: Wikimedia Commons What does it take to convince Albert Einstein he was wrong? According to new scholarship and contrary to popular belief, not even the legendary astronomer Edwin Hubble backed up b...

The discovery of the once-elusive Higgs boson particle after a decades-long hunt was widely regarded as a major breakthrough, but physicist Stephen Hawking thinks the field would actually be more "interesting" if the Hig...

Transgender is a term describing people whose gender identity, gender expression, or behavior does not conform to that generally associated with the sex to which they were assigned at birth.

A 33-year-old woman in Canada who had large, abnormal pulses that were clearly visible in her neck ultimately needed surgery to combat a bacterial infection in her heart, according to a new report of her case.

Despite decades of brewing tea in a whistling kettle, the source and mechanism of this siren sound of comfort has never been fully described scientifically. Acknowledging the vibrations made by the build-up of steam esca...

A diluted bleach bath protected mice from radiation burns and made their skin look younger and healthier     

A planetary scientist has identified the largest-known solid object in the Solar System that could float in a bathtub. The rock-and-ice body, which circles well outside the orbits of the planets, is... --

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A series of tombs spanning about 5,000 years of time has been unearthed in France. One of the tombs contained an aristocratic lady from the East with a deformed skull.

A series of tombs spanning about 5,000 years of time has been unearthed in France. One of the tombs contained an aristocratic lady from the East with a deformed skull.

Motor-oil additive could make better engine lubricants and reduce wear.

Can a new way to track fungus lead to new treatments for disease?