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In recent years, technological advancements have made it possible to create synthetic diamonds that have similar physical and chemical properties to natural diamonds. While synthetic diamonds are not considered "fake" or...

Targeting and reducing the methylation of a key mRNA promoted the migration of macrophages in the brain and can improve cognitive symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.

Controlled nighttime use of social media and apps can help ease teenagers' negative thoughts before they fall asleep, a new study reports.

A physics theory that's proven useful to predict the crowd behavior of molecules and fruit flies also seems to work in a very different context--a basketball court.

The rise in childhood mental health disorders such as anxiety and depression may be linked to the decline in opportunities to play, explore, and engage in activities independent of parental control and oversight.

A new analysis of the famous Colchester vase indicates that gladiators fought in Roman Britain during the second century A.D.

A bee's "waggle dance", an intricate series of motions that signals the location of critical resources to other bees, is improved by social learning and can be culturally transmitted.

A newly constructed brain map shows every single neuron and how they are wired together in the brains of fruit fly larvae.

Scientists created a map of an entire larval fruit fly brain that shows all 548,000 synapses in the organ.

The rays appear when sunlight shines through gaps in the cloud during sunrise or sunset and have never been seen this clearly on the Red Planet before.

These incredible binoculars are reduced by over $117 at Amazon, and they're some of the best stargazing binoculars you can buy.

An elderly lion in an Indiana zoo transmitted COVID-19 to the zookeepers who handfed the severely ill big cat. It is the first recorded time a zoo animal has passed the virus to a human.

More than 400 children have taken part in a rapid whole-genome sequencing trial at every hospital in Australia. With results in less than three days, many of the participants have quickly been diagnosed with rare genetic...

In many baseball-obsessed countries like Korea, Japan and the United States, with spring months comes the start of the season and quite a few balls flying through the air. But it's not just balls that can be thrown. On t...

Scientists who have thrown a single atom from one pair of optical tweezers to another say that the feat could be used to build better quantum computers.

A new study suggests that experiencing aesthetic chills, or goosebumps, during stimuli like music, films, and speeches can lead to increased emotional intensity and positive valence. The study's findings may have implica...

Since forming off the coast of Australia on 6 February, tropical cyclone Freddy has crossed the Indian Ocean to Africa and could be declared the longest-lived cyclone ever

Archaeologists have analyzed 2,900-year-old stone carvings and a long-ignored chisel from the Iberian Peninsula, revealing that local craftspeople produced steel long before previously thought.

Research suggests inflammation may be just as important as cholesterol as a cause of heart attacks, suggesting different treatments should be considered for prevention

Archaeologists in Sudan have uncovered the remains of a temple dating to 2,700 years ago.

The Acer Swift 3 outpaces rivals and looks decent, but is the price too good to be true?

Opioids account for a greater proportion of fatal pediatric poisonings than they did a decade ago.