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Our bodies are extremely complex, interrelated, and ever-evolving patterns of information--from DNA to physiology to vital signs. But until modern times, most of that information was hidden from view. We...

As anyone who has experienced turbulence knows, its onset and departure are abrupt, and how long it lasts seems to be unpredictable. Fast flowing fluids are always turbulent, but at slower speeds the flow transitions to ...

In certain nanomaterials, electrons are able to race through custom-built roadways just one atom wide. To achieve excellent efficiency, these one-dimensional paths must be paved with absolute perfection--a single errant ...

In a deep, dank cave in Brazil, a pale, blind creature lurks, never venturing out to feel the sun.

People who have lost their voice due to vocal cord tissue damage could some day be helped by a new advance: Lab-grown vocal tissue.

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What do you have in common with a filter-feeding, deep-sea worm? On a genetic level, it's a lot more than you might suspect.

Scientists have grown vocal cords using human cells, which make voice-like sounds when placed in dog throats

Pigeons can learn to distinguish between healthy breast tissue and tumours - a skill that could earn them a job helping researchers develop medical imaging tools

Children across the world develop an aversion to getting less than others at a fairly young age, but only some children find it unfair if others get less than them.

Yarumal in Colombia is famous for its thousands of cases of Alzheimer's - now the disease has been traced to a single Spanish conquistador in the early 17th century

Rather than arriving by meteorite, Earth's water seems to originate in the very dust that formed our planet - the same could be true of other worlds

A secret document leaked on Russian TV last week revealed plans for a Dr Strangelove-style nuclear-armed drone. But all is not as it seems

The country's worst areas for antibiotic misuse include deprived areas in Essex, Lincolnshire and Norfolk, as well as wealthy Chelsea

Chytrid fungus, the scourge of amphibians across the world, has been cleared from wild sites for the first time by treating toads with drugs and disinfecting their pools

Researchers are building a future where computers can plug into your brain, assess how it is doing and enhance specific abilities if thinks necessary

Mars rover heads for sand pit, barely any ice for bears, last Ebola baby

Yet another of the immense glaciers in Greenland is retreating and crumbling faster as warmer waters undermine it

The world's top psychologists have come up with a plan to help prevent long-lasting health problems in those who have experienced severe trauma

We're still feeling the glow of a 2-million-year-old supernova in our cosmic neighbourhood

Bumblebees exposed to neonicotinoid pesticides visited flowers less and collected less pollen - and that resulted in fewer seeds in the fruit

A potential breakthrough in a long-standing problem called graph isomorphism is lighting up the theoretical-computer-science community