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Archaeologists and historians have uncovered new clues about the Underground Railroad and the people who risked their lives to escape enslavers in 19th-century America.

High inflation rates will likely increase anxiety and stress, especially for those who live paycheck-to-paycheck.

The combination of physical activity and social interactions children experience during recess helps reduce stress and improve focus back in the classroom.

Study shows better outcomes and fewer complications compared to mechanical or biological aortic valve replacement.

The major genetic risk variant for severe COVID-19, one we inherited from Neandertals, is surprisingly common. A new study shows that the same gene variant that increases the risk of falling seriously ill with COVID-19 p...

Rats trained to leave 3.2 seconds between presses of a lever or to hold it down for this length of time seem able to judge whether they were accurate enough to have earned a reward

As meltwater trickles down through the Greenland ice sheet, it heats up - which means that some areas at the base of the ice sheet are melting 100 times faster than we thought

Exploding a photo subject in order to take its picture? An international research team at the European XFEL, the world's largest X-ray laser, applied this "extreme" method to take pictures of complex molecules. The scien...

Our spatial sense doesn't extend beyond the familiar three dimensions, but that doesn't stop scientists from playing with whatever lies beyond.

The legal requirement for people in England with covid-19 to self-isolate will end this Thursday but will remain part of country's guidance. Widespread free PCR and lateral flow testing will stop in April

Just how many teeth do humans have? We take a bite out of the science to help you digest the facts.

Researchers developed a radio-labeled molecule that allows real-time PET imaging of inflammation and activation of innate immune activity. This would allow physicians to pinpoint areas of inflammation in a variety of cli...

Bacteria have been modified to produce chemicals found in paint remover and hand sanitiser from carbon dioxide in the air, meaning they have negative emissions compared with traditional industrial methods

Which teeth come in first? We look at what to expect when children are teething

The discovery of cuprate high-temperature superconductors in 1986 impacted science and technology considerably and continues to fascinate the communities of condensed matter physics and material sciences because they hos...

The proliferation of deepfake technology is raising concerns that AI could start to warp our sense of shared reality. New research suggests AI-synthesized faces don’t simply dupe us into thinking they’re real people,...

Social media profiles with deepfake photos and AI-generated text fooled most participants in a study, even when there were obvious errors

Proteins need to interact in a complex manner for a so-called 'messenger RNA' (mRNA) to be created in human cells from a precursor molecule. mRNA provides a blueprint for proteins; the first vaccines against the coronavi...

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A major cost of running the National Ignition Facility (NIF) is managing and mitigating laser-induced damage to optics as the laser beams propagate to the target.

The history of anesthesia in surgery was grisly, painful and occasionally very dubious.

Scientists show how cosmonaut brains adapt to space, almost becoming "rewired" during missions.