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Using an experimental technique called "Oz," researchers stimulated the human retina such that people saw a brand-new color.

Measles can erase the immune system's "memory" and cause a rare but fatal health condition. The MMR vaccine prevents these repercussions, ev...

A graduate student accidentally created a blend of oil, water and nickel particles that formed an unexpected shape.

People experience different amounts of pain during IUD insertion, but there are a number of pain-relief options available to patients gettin...

Researchers conducted the first-ever near-infrared analysis of an extragalactic recurrent nova and found it is one of the hottest nova explo...

A rare 'smiley face' triple conjunction is coming to Earth's morning skies on April 25, when Venus, Saturn and the crescent moon form a cele...

Iran's folded rocks are a colorful formation that is part of the Greater Caucasus mountains, which formed when the Eurasian tectonic plate c...

A reanalysis of ancient DNA shows that a major cultural change took place in Ireland after four centuries of farming.

About half of the non-dark matter in the universe cannot be accounted for by stars and galaxies alone. Now, scientists say previously undete...

The drugmaker Lilly announced topline results of a clinical trial of a new pill in the same drug class as injectables like Ozempic.

The rete ovarii, a poorly understood structure connected to the ovaries, may be much more essential to ovarian function than scientists init...

New research suggests that the unexpected intensity of the ongoing solar maximum may be partly tied to a lesser-known, 100-year solar cycle....

The land beneath the former Aral Sea in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is rising and will continue to do so for many decades. Now, scientists hav...

Scientists have discovered evidence of large quantities of biosignature chemicals — only known to be made by life on Earth — on an exoplanet...

The exotic quantum phase, predicted over half a century ago, could lead to advances in quantum computing, sensors and communication technolo...

A 7,500-year-old antler unearthed in Sweden had characteristic breakage patterns that suggest it was the handle for a battle ax.

Yellowstone's Junction Butte wolf pack failed in a recent attempt to kill a bison, but the pack appears to be thriving again after the death...

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered Zhúlóng, a candidate for the most distant spiral galaxy in the universe. The perplexing Milky...

Human skeletons from a large stone tomb may help archaeologists understand a mysterious pre-Inca population in Peru.

Hood River County in Oregon reported three cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare human brain disease very similar to "mad cow."

Remnants of a liquid layer of magma near Earth's core, formed in the first few hundred million years of the planet's history, may still pers...

Genes affect different aspects of music enjoyment — from the emotional reactions that compositions evoke to the social connection music can...

SpaceX's Starlink internet satellite constellation has become a prime target for Russia and China, according to a new report assessing the c...

A colossal squid has been filmed in its natural habitat for the first time ever, a century after it was first identified by scientists.

It uses a washable photocatalytic filter instead of replaceable HEPA filters. But is it a game-changer, or a missed opportunity?