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It's time to call Guinness World Records: Researchers on an Antarctic expedition have uncovered sperm cells dating to a whopping 50 million years ago, making these the oldest known animal sperm cells, a new study finds.

The first high-resolution photos of the dwarf planet's surface are stunning - but they are nothing like we expected

A young, great white shark had a near-death experience when the retreating tide left it stranded on a beach in Cape Cod on Monday afternoon (July 13). Beachgoers spotted the giant fish writhing on the sand, and threw wat...

"WE ARE outbound from Pluto." So said Alice Bowman, mission operations manager for New Horizons, an American space probe, when her charge resumed contact with Earth following its passage by the place on July 14th. After ...

Alzheimer's disease may cause different changes in the brain, or pathologies, in African-Americans than in white Americans of European descent, according to a new study.

A new discovery has potential to help brain and breast cancer patients, scientists suggest. The researchers examined compounds that inhibit Stat3, a protein implicated in a variety of cancers that include brain and breas...

A multi-disciplinary group of researchers and physicians has created a clinical pathway to identify obstructive sleep apnea in higher-risk, hospitalized patients.

Why have selfies become so popular, to the point that people are willing to risk their lives to take the perfect snapshot of themselves?

Around maybe 1990, I remember looking at a picture of the solar system in textbook that in part, explained that Pluto is in such a weird orbit that it comes inside the orbit of Neptune occasionally. There was even debate...

A research team has made a significant discovery on how HIV escapes the body's antiviral responses. The team uncovered how an HIV viral protein known as Vpu tricks the immune system by using its own regulatory process to...

Scientists have uncovered how mutations in a specific autism risk gene alter the basic trajectory of early brain development in animal models.

Patients who received rehabilitation instructions via video teleconference, or 'telerehabilitation,' following total knee replacement surgery had comparable outcomes to patients who received in-person physical therapy, a...

Scientists have created mutation-free lines of stem cells from human patients with mitochondrial diseases.

Host genetics played a role in protection against HIV infection in the landmark RV144 vaccine trial conducted in Thailand, research shows.

A 'statistically significant association' between higher vitamin D levels and lower non-HDL cholesterol in kids has been found by researchers. There has been evidence that low vitamin D levels in adults are linked to car...

Hospitalizations for heart conditions, neurological illness, and other conditions were higher among people who live near unconventional gas and oil drilling (hydraulic fracturing), according to new research. Over the pas...

Since 2007, clinical trials using gene therapy have resulted in often-dramatic sight restoration for dozens of children and adults who were otherwise doomed to blindness. Now, researchers have found evidence that this si...

The way you use your smartphone may reveal if you are depressed, a new study suggests.

New tools have been developed to study and genetically manipulate cryptosporidium. The tools will ultimately help researchers find new treatments and vaccines for cryptosporidium, a major cause of disease and death in ch...

There is consensus that children with autism have selective eating patterns, food neophobia, limited food repertoire, and sensory issues. Researchers now report that there are inconsistent results about the extent and ty...

The next five years are key if we are to stop AIDS. An extra $30 billion is needed above current annual spend but the paybacks will be huge, says the UN

The first critical step in developing novel gene and stem cell therapy treatments for patients with mitochondrial disease has been revealed by scientists. This breakthrough sets the stage for replacing diseased tissue in...