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A 500-year-old limestone statue of an elite woman was found in central Mexico.

Once the most popular framework for physics beyond the Standard Model, supersymmetry is facing a reckoning--but many researchers are not giving up on it yet. The Standard Model of particle physics is both fantastically s...

Special skin cells give desert geckos from Namibia a neon-green glow.

Study shows a combination of human and artificial intelligence optimizes the prediction of mental health problems, including psychosis.

Promoting and maintaining a better gut microbial balance may help to protect against symptoms of anorexia in those with the eating disorder.

New research finds that using clear, unambiguous language when recommending HPV vaccination both increases vaccine acceptance and increases conversation efficiency while preserving patient satisfaction.

Mothers with multiple children report more fragmented sleep than mothers of a single child, but the number of children in a family doesn't seem to affect the quality of sleep for fathers, according to a new study.

SARS_CoV_2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, can directly enter the nervous system. The virus can infect the brain, causing alterations in blood vessels and directly disrupt oxygen supply to the organ.

Scientists have gained new insight into how the immune system can be better used to find and kill cancer cells.

Acknowledging that COVID-19 may be here to stay, experts have laid out a series of steps to prepare patients for elective surgery following their illness.

Researchers have found that certain metabolites -- small molecules produced by the process of metabolism -- may be predictive indicators for persons at risk for recurrent major depressive disorder.

Researchers are studying a new type of immunization that may be able to protect against many variants of viruses.

Astronomers spotted a quasar containing a supermassive black hole about 13 million light years away, which may shed light on how these colossal black holes form

Cats may help increase empathy while reducing symptoms of separation anxiety in children with autism, a new study reports.

Scientists recovered the insect from 100-million-year-old amber.

Physical activity is not only associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease, but there is no threshold for that association, with the lowest risk of cardiovascular disease seen for those who are most active, acc...

Scientists have used gene-editing advances to achieve a tenfold increase in the production of super-bug targeting formicamycin antibiotics.

Researchers have found a simple way to eliminate almost all sequencing errors produced by a widely used portable DNA sequencer (Oxford Nanopore Technologies' MinION device).

Signs of the metals that make up Earth's crust have been seen in the light coming from four dead stars known as white dwarfs, which may have consumed distant planets similar to ours

Embracing divergent perspectives at the same time is a key to understanding reality --

U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials are looking for the person who scratched the word "Trump" into the back of a manatee.

Producing clean energy and reducing the power consumption of illumination and personal devices are key challenges to reduce the impact of modern civilization on the environment. As a result, the surging demand for solar ...