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Small changes to the types of protein- and carbohydrate-rich foods that we eat may have a large impact on preventing long-term weight gain. The study also suggests that changes in refined carbohydrates can enhance - or o...

Temperature is a very useful physical quantity. It allows us to make a simple statistical statement about the energy of particles swirling around on complicated paths without having to know the specific details of the sy...

Camera traps set up in the remote highlands of Tibet have captured a new species of macaque - one with hairier neck and scrotum and a rounded penis

Researchers have found a nearly complete skeleton of a new species of terror bird, prehistoric carnivorous birds with hooked beaks standing 10 feet (3 meters) tall, and are learning surprising details about the animal's ...

What's going on in your head? Billions of dollars are being poured into giant projects around the world to figure it out

They multiply like ... fish! Apparently, a handful of goldfish dumped into a lake in Boulder, Colorado, just three years ago have reproduced and now number in the thousands.

Thousands of goldfish were spotted in March in Teller Lake #5 off Arapahoe Road in Boulder, Colorado, and biologists are concerned. Here's a look at the fish-filled lake.

Lysosomes are the garbage disposals of animal cells. As the resources are limited in cells, organic materials are broken down and recycled a lot -- and that's what lysosomes do. Detecting problems with lysosomes is the f...

Death by acid was the key killer in Earth's biggest mass extinction, some 251 million years ago.

The most endangered gorillas seem to have been interbreeding for thousands of years, and they've purged themselves of potentially fatal mutations

If there's a cure for male pattern baldness, it might hurt a little. Scientists have demonstrated that by plucking 200 hairs in a specific pattern and density, they can induce up to 1,200 replacement hairs to grow in a m...

To understand the appeal of extremist ideologies we need to look beyond the usual explanations, says a professor of epidemiology

Satellite images capture a new chain of islands being built by China in an attempt to claim disputed waters

Scientists are working to unravel the mystery of a methane blob over the Four Corners region of the U.S. Southwest. The hot spot, first detected from space, contains a significant amount of the greenhouse gas.

Does geological evidence tying an ancient bone box to a first-century tomb reveal the final resting place of Jesus of Nazareth?

Plastic surgery can make women look more likable, socially adept and feminine according to a new study.

When I was in elementary school, about 50 years ago, teachers used to stand in front of a class of 40 or 50 children and write on a blackboard with...

An astounding activity from Science Buddies to stretch your ideas about physics --

EVER since the early 1990s, when it moved out of universities and was embraced by the general public, the internet has grown relentlessly. Only 2% of the world's population was online in 1997. By 2014 the proportion had ...

AROUND one in ten Americans is a trypanophobe, stricken with a dread of needles. Some may have inherited a tendency to faint when jabbed; others develop the phobia after a painful injection or a botched blood sample. Sad...

Flame-retardant fabrics normally degrade when washed, but a water-repelling coating could make your flame-proof suit or sofa self-cleaning

Some 75 million years ago, a towering tyrannosaur may have lit into one of its own species, ripping into its skull and leaving behind jagged scars and deep punctures that have only recently seen the light of day.