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A look at two Neanderthal skeletons reveals that they could get tuberculosis, and it may have contributed to their extinction.

Hormonal fluctuations during the menstrual cycle have previously been blamed for "brain fog", but new research finds they have no effect on verbal or spatial skills

Health officials have raised the alarm about illegal products containing tianeptine, also known as "gas station heroin."

Converting hundreds of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach into mathematical networks reveals that they store lots of information and convey it very effectively

A feasibility study conducted at CSNS Back-n facility, recently published in Nuclear Science and Techniques, demonstrates a significant prospect of NRTA in nondestructive nuclide identification.

Days after being revived from its initial power loss on the moon, Japan's SLIM lander will now sleep through the deep cold of lunar night -- and may or may not wake up afterward.

A photographer recently snapped an incredibly detailed photo of gigantic, ghostly plasma loops towering above the sun's fiery surface after a powerful solar flare exploded from the sun.

Archaeological evidence suggests that symbolism in art, once seen as something that only modern humans were capable of, was produced by earlier hominins.

Modern humans are far from the only species in the Homo genus. Here are others that went extinct long ago.

Scientists are finding ever-earlier examples of artistic expression in the archaeological record that reshape what we know about the cognitive abilities of our archaic human relatives, such as Neanderthals.

The Icelandic Met Office has warned magma beneath Reykjanes Peninsula is quickly reaching levels seen before the Jan. 14 eruption, and a fissure could open with just one hour of warning.

There has been significant progress in the field of quantum computing. Big global players, such as Google and IBM, are already offering cloud-based quantum computing services. However, quantum computers cannot yet help w...

Rare tree fossils preserved with their leaves have an architecture unlike any plant known today and represent the earliest evidence of smaller trees growing beneath the forest canopy.

A "complex" that regulates gene activity in people with two X chromosomes may predispose them to autoimmune disease, a new study hints.

High pressure has revealed surprising physics and created novel states in condensed matter. Exciting examples include near room temperature superconductivity (Tc > 200 K) in high-pressure hydrides such as H3S and LaH10.

Lake Rotorua, which sits at the heart of a dormant volcano and is the setting for one of New Zealand's most famous Māori love stories, has been mapped in detail for the 1st time.

Large proportions of users posting on Twitter - now X - about the Chinese balloon that drifted over the US and Canada in 2023 were bots attempting to shape the debate

Researchers studying fruit fly egg cells have discovered that they stir up the fluid inside them with a twister-like current

A nationwide electronic warfare system called Pokrova can disrupt satellite navigation - Ukraine may already be using it to prevent strikes by Russian drones and missiles, but doing so will also affect satnavs in the cou...

Scientists using the eROSITA X-ray telescope have released a trove of data that reveals more than 900,000 objects in space, including 700,000 supermassive black holes and other 'exotic' objects.

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A game that prompts players to step on different arrows, like a dance mat, reduced falls among older people