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Cerebral palsy is caused by brain damage that leads to muscle weakness and problems walking. But with support, people with cerebral palsy ca...

Although scientists don’t fully understand the varying strengths of the factors contributing to the slowdown, all of them are linked to huma...

Light-sensing proteins called opsins, which are linked to perception of color in other animals, are also found in tardigrades. However, tard...

A new study has predicted that emperor penguins could become functionally extinct by the end of the century due to melting sea ice.

The case underscores the need to identify serious infections in a timely manner, the authors said.

If only our robots were as agile as squirrels.

How will you know if you have the novel coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease? Here are the most common symptoms for adults, kids, va...

Perseid meteors are already beginning to fall in a display that promises to dazzle skywatchers this month.

Turkey continues to battle dozens of intense wildfires that have now killed eight people and countless animals.

Storm formation during the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season will be higher than previously predicted, according to an update by NOAA scientist...

The study examined nearly 100,000 people who took COVID-19 swab tests at home between June 24 and July 12.

After 60 years, a missing piece of Stonehenge finally returns to the U.K., revealing secrets about the age and structure of the rock in the...

The outbreak has been traced back to the international airport in Nanjing.

Researchers found that dogs react differently to false information given to them by a misinformed human than they do to a human who is flat-...

Hundreds of sharks have taken refuge in a Florida canal to escape the toxic red tide, an algal bloom sweeping the Gulf Coast.

YouTube videos show that birds pull animal hair more often than previously thought.

Do polar bears throw rocks at walruses' heads to stun and kill them, as centuries of anecdotes suggest? They might, scientists say.

From worlds that rain iron and glass to diamond worlds and planets that have escaped the grip of their parent stars, here are 10 of the most...

The DNA hints at when and how ice age brown bears once migrated to Japan's largest island.

The mountaintop Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in southern Peru was built and inhabited decades earlier than previously believed.

Up to 6% of women are born with extra breast tissue in their body.

In this vast and lonely universe, are Earthlings just desperate for next door neighbors to play with?

New York City will become the first city in the U.S. to require proof of vaccination for such activities.

Three periods of drought left an ancient watering hole littered with the bodies of horses, hippos and rhinos who gathered in search of moist...

An immense stone that defined the sacred city limits of ancient Rome almost 2,000 years ago has been unearthed by construction workers in th...