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About nine million years ago, a hybridization involving the lineage of another farmers market star gave rise to the ...

Water usually flows downward, but something strange happened under Greenland’s ice sheet when a deluge punched through the ...

The immediate harms of extreme heat are well documented, but a growing body of research suggests that heatstroke may have ...

The sneezing, itchy eyes and coughing elicited by some allergens are caused by proteins creating holes in airway cells, ...

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The scientists found that the approach of an infectious avatar fired up brain areas linked to personal space — the region ...

A relatively small detector caught neutrinos from a nuclear reactor using a technique known as coherent scattering ...