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Here are seven stories from 2021 that involved animals with albinism, leucism or other color-related conditions.

Researchers report taking a small nap can significantly boost creativity.

Deep beneath Antarctica's ice shelves, researchers have discovered dozens of life-forms thriving on a tiny patch of the seafloor —— an unprecedented level of species diversity for an environment that has never seen s...

Carriers of the Alzheimer's associated APOE4 gene have more than double the risk of developing severe COVID-19, a new study reports. Additionally, more microscopic hemorrhages were found in the brains of APOE4 carriers w...

Learning a new language or playing a musical instrument has a positive impact on cognitive function in the aging brain, researchers report.

When presented with a moral decision in their native language by people with a foreign accent, people tend to make more rational decisions.

The secret to producing large batches of stem cells more efficiently may lie in the near-zero gravity conditions of space. Scientists have found that microgravity has the potential to contribute to life-saving advances o...

Immunotherapies called chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells use genetically engineered versions of a patient's own immune cells to fight cancer. These treatments have energized cancer care, especially for people with ...

Cancer deaths rose to 10 million and new cases jumped to over 23 million globally in 2019, according to a new scientific study.

These coin hoards, many discovered by lucky amateurs, contain treasures dating back as far as 1,500 years.

This year saw significant rises in consumer prices across all sorts of goods, one of them being food. Amid supply chain complications, labor shortages, and plant closures, meat prices shot up, in some cases to double wha...

Every year, scientists undertake some truly baffling experiments, and 2021 was no exception.

From discovering the fastest acceleration in the human body to finding out that there are universal sounds that all humans, regardless of language, understand, here are the coolest things we learned about humans in 2021.

The car company's expertise in AI could help it design a working prototype, but delivering a reliable product on schedule will be challenging