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The turkey myth stems from the fact that turkey contains the amino acid tryptophan, which forms the basis of brain chemicals that make people sleepy. But consuming large amounts of carbohydrates and alcohol may be the re...

China is soon to launch a lander and a rover to the moon in its first ever attempt to land on a celestial body     

Current weight-loss surgery techniques are drastic organ-remodeling affairs where a doctor reduces the patient's stomach to a small pouch. But now, doctors may have accidentally discovered a new way to cinch the appetite...

Natural disasters like forest fires and earthquakes have more than just havoc-reeking, destructive natures in common, according to scientist Eduardo Jagla of the National Atomic Energy Commission in Argentina. In a paper...

North Dakota retired engineer George Loegering has found a rare spinning disk of ice in the Sheyenne River, a weather phenomenon experts say likely was caused by cold, dense air, and an eddy in the river. (Nov. 26)

Despite how happy the guys in the commercials look, erection drugs won't actually make a man's relationship better, a new study suggest.

Earlier this year, Samina Baig became the first Pakistani woman to climb Mount Everest. Now, the intrepid trailblazer is setting her sights on loftier goals: To climb seven mountains around the world to promote women's r...

By focusing on simple foods and lots of side dishes, it's possible to make a Thanksgiving feast that people following Paleo, gluten-free and vegan diets can all enjoy, experts say.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has updated its "Red List" of threatened species, with good news for some creatures, including two kinds of albatross, but bad news for others, such as the okapi.

It sounds like the set-up for a cracking good mystery novel: a love affair, a long-lost painting, and a telltale polar bear hair. It's also a real-world story of a simmering struggle between old and new guards in the art...

A female Amur leopard was spotted on a conservation cam with two baby cubs in China. The sighting is the first example of breeding by the critically endangered species in China.

A female Amur Leopard was spotted on a conservation cam with two baby cubs in China. The sighting is the first example of breeding by the critically endangered species in China.

A major shortcoming of the genetic tests offered by the company 23andMe is not necessarily their accuracy, but the limited information they use to evaluate a person's lifetime risk of common yet complex diseases, experts...

Mix together air, fuel, and heat and you get combustion, the chemical reaction that powers most engines in planes, trains and automobiles. And if you throw in some ionized gas (plasma), it turns out, you can sustain comb...

The FDA have told the company that they are particularly concerned about the public health consequences of inaccurate results     

The Richard's family of Canberra, Australia used 502,165 LED lights to create this Guinness World Record setting Christmas light installation.

The volcano at Mount Sinabung at Jakarta, Indonesia, erupted six times early Monday, shooting volcanic ash 2,000 meters into the sky. Thousands have been evacuated from the region since the Sinabung volcano began eruptin...

Fire ant rafts -- which consist of thousands of ants that form the structures in response to floods -- are one of the few living materials that behave both like a solid and like a liquid at the same time, researchers hav...

Robot-builders could learn a thing or two from fire ants, which have evolved a trick to withstand waves and cross rivers without sinking     

Fire ant rafts actively reorganize, a feat that allows them to more effectively cushion themselves against applied forces. Here, a clot is compressed by a petri dish and bounces back in a few seconds after the force is t...

At just 2.5 centimetres long, one of the slowest moving animals in the oceans has a special trick for snapping up some of the fastest     

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