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Brain scans reveal that LSD may free the brain from its own natural barriers.

The adorable clone, named Elizabeth Ann, was created using cells that were frozen more than three decades ago.

This political activist and minister challenged the conventions of race and religion during the early years of the civil rights movement.

On average, each COVID-19 death resulted in 16 years of life lost.

Researchers have successfully achieved real-time communication with a sleeping person by invading their dreams in several independent experi...

Scientists recently captured a high-resolution video of DNA shimmying into weird shapes in order to squeeze inside cells.

The chunk of space rock that killed the nonavian dinosaurs may have been a piece of a comet that Jupiter's gravity kicked onto a collision c...

Heat from the Earth's interior may help sustain life in this bizarre environment.

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The remains likely belong to a local fisherman who went missing last week, the government said.

The oldest sequenced DNA on record belongs to a 1.2 million-year-old mammoth.

The researchers saw "nodules" at the back of patients' eyes, which can be signs of inflammation or direct damage to the eye.

Egyptian pharaoh Seqenenre Taa II seems to have been overwhelmed by multiple attackers on the battlefield, perhaps after being captured and...

What we know about the history and properties of "Einstein's biggest mistake," the cosmological constant

Unusual weather blanketed the Acropolis with snow on Tuesday (Feb. 16), turning the iconic UNESCO World Heritage site in Athens into a scene...

A new model predicts which mammals might be likely hosts for new coronaviruses.

Scientists have spotted the first evidence of a rare Higgs boson decay, expanding our understanding of the strange quantum universe.

Bone fragments long thought to have come from St. James the Younger, one of the 12 apostles who may have been Jesus' brother, couldn't have...

Each vaccine has its pros and cons, but all work extremely well.

Why do people breathe so loudly when they're asleep?

All the knowledge we have of these animals comes from a single video.

Do you need to exercise extra moderation with the champagne this Valentine's Day?

When a star collapses into a white dwarf, it throws its solar system into total chaos. Sometimes, that chaos leaves a mark in its atmosphere...

The recommendations provide a "long-needed road map" for reopening schools, officials said.

Landslides may be causing mysterious dark streaks on the Martian surface, scientists have found.