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An ongoing Listeria outbreak has mostly affected people living in long-term care facilities and people who were already hospitalized prior t...

The origin of the Huns in fourth-century Europe has long been debated, but centuries-old DNA has revealed their diverse backgrounds.

A new record for maintaining plasma burning inside a fusion reactor has been set in France, beating China's previous benchmark by 25%.

"Even the strongest hurricanes in the solar system seem calm in comparison."

The likelihood of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 rose and fell last week. NASA's impact odds are now so slim that the asteroid is n...

Learn what happens inside the body during an asthma attack and why treatments help prevent or reverse the effects.

Competing theories explain how dogs came to be domesticated from wolves. Now, a new study adds further support to the idea that they domesti...

Google's second generation of its AI mathematics system combines a language model with a symbolic engine to solve complex geometry problems...

These 2,500-year-old coins are the origin of our monetary system.

Linguists give the lowdown on whether it is possible to forget your native language.

An analysis of the origins of seven severed skulls with nails through them shows that some people treated this way in Iron Age Spain were lo...

The mysterious Oort cloud is the source of many of our solar system's comets, but astronomers still have no idea what it looks like. Now, ne...

At Kruger National park, a wildlife photographer spotted a giraffe covered in hundreds of skin lesions that may be caused by a rare bovine p...

Greenland's ice sheet has been losing a staggering amount of ice at an accelerating rate. A tipping point could come by the turn of the next...

Beautifully captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), this image shows interstellar gas and dust lit up by a dead star in Cassiopei...

The round little pads on cats' paws are more than just cute — they're a feat of evolution that serve many important functions.

"The Phoenix cluster has the largest reservoir of hot, cooling gas of any galaxy cluster."

Global warming is raising the body temperature of Australian crocodiles, forcing them to spend less time diving and more time cooling down.

"This line of attack in the War on Cancer has had few meaningful outcomes for cancer patients."

Chinese scientists have announced details on the upcoming China Space Station Telescope (CSST), a cutting-edge observatory that will rival t...

Nonavian dinosaurs have been extinct for 66 million years, but what would have happened if they'd survived?

The excellent Garmin Forerunner 945 is now half-price at Walmart.

Feb. 22, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the...

Protoclone, an eerily lifelike humanoid robot built for home use, has left social media users aghast. And it's likely to be the first of man...

An infant with a fatal genetic disease has survived past the age of 2 with no signs of the condition, thanks to treatment started in the wom...