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Close to the summit of an underwater mountain west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a jagged...

The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) and its long-running follow-up, the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study...

The wellness industry loves biological 'clocks'. They're a way of using particular measurements in your...

Biology teachers around the world commonly introduce their students to the concept of 'trophic cascades'...

A seismic shift in the selection pressures acting on humans may have brought us to...

Most of the mass in galaxies consists of stuff we cannot see. According to current...

In the army of defenders that is the body's immune system, each cell has specific...

This week in science: A world first, a strange human pattern, and much more! We...

Cutting down on sugar delivers a host of health benefits, from minimizing tooth decay to...

Cats have a reputation for aloofness (and floofiness), but if you and your feline friend...

Cockroaches tend to be thought of as the creatures that keep on living through anything,...

The quantum world is mind-bogglingly counterintuitive: at the smallest scales, basic physical qualities like position...

With every year, more evidence is connecting our eyes to Alzheimer's disease. The retina is...

A stroll through any garden center is likely to turn up decorative objects inspired by...

Tiny crystal grains trapped inside a meteorite may be the key that unlocks a hidden...

When the magnitude 9.0 Tōhoku earthquake struck off the coast of Japan in 2011, its...

We've heard that the world's wealthiest 10 percent are disproportionately responsible for environmental damage. Now,...

If a movie opened with scientists discovering hundreds of earthquakes deep under Antarctica – in...

Cracking open a meteorite that landed on Earth from Mars has yielded an unexpected treasure....

It's called California's Big One for a reason. For more than a century, tectonic pressure...