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The wreck of a Japanese transport ship that sank in 1942 with more than 1,000 Allied prisoners-of-war on board has been discovered near the Philippines.

Immune system cells in female rat brains consume and digest neurons, sculpting a specific brain region during development and potentially impacting behavior. This insight into the interplay between biological sex, the im...

A groundbreaking gene therapy proven successful in treating an inherited, blinding eye disease in dogs is now poised for clinical trials in humans with the rare condition retinitis pigmentosa. The therapy, which halts vi...

Researchers identified DNA methylation markers that may indicate the risk of developing schizophrenia later in life in newborns. This breakthrough discovery could allow for early detection and intervention to reduce the ...

'Scary Barbie' is an incredibly bright cosmic object that has been burning for two years, and it has yet to sputter out.

Researchers created a mathematical model showing how worms can untangle themselves from each other.

Balto had a varied ancestry, sharing genes with Siberian huskies, Greenland sledge dogs, Vietnamese village dogs and Tibetan mastiffs

California blackworms gather together in tangled-up balls to preserve moisture during droughts, but they can rapidly separate when they perceive danger thanks to a special helical wriggle

By surgically attaching electrodes to octopuses, researchers have been able to peer inside the cephalopods' minds for the very first time.

Scientists used high-resolution radar satellites and discovered a 'mind boggling' 19,000 volcanoes.

The first complete image of a black hole and its jet has captured a never-before-seen view of how the cosmic monster traps and spits out matter.

A new look at eight skeletons from two Pictish cemeteries reveals that the enigmatic Picts weren't from afar, as medieval historians suggested, but that they had local roots.

Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) is a hybrid imaging technique that combines optical illumination with ultrasound detection for high-resolution imaging of deep tissues. Utilizing the photoacoustic (PA) effect, PAT provides...

Forty years after her father stored them away, a woman discovered 32 identical iron ingots that Vikings may have used as a form of currency.

DNA analysis has revealed that a single-celled alga has a strange conglomeration of different organisms living inside it

The Zhurong Mars rover never woke up from a planned hibernation, and the head of the mission team has now revealed why.

Researchers have found that undernourished bold jumping spiders begin to lose light-sensitive photoreceptors.

One of the outstanding challenges in the field of condensed matter physics is finding computationally efficient and simultaneously accurate methods to describe interacting electron systems for crystalline materials.

Camera traps at two dens in Kenya have captured evidence of porcupines and warthogs occupying dens at the same time as their predators, spotted hyenas

A team of metallurgists and materials scientists at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH has uncovered the reason for the sluggishness that occurs when attempting to use hydrogen instead of coke to make steel...

Electrification is a key part of the transition to renewable energy, and phasing out combustion-engine vehicles will be a significant piece of that transition. Despite subsidies and tax breaks around electric vehicles in...

A newly discovered phenomenon dubbed "collectively induced transparency" (CIT) causes groups of atoms to abruptly stop reflecting light at specific frequencies.