In findings that if confirmed could stand as a landmark in history, astronomers report finding the most Earth-like planet outside our Solar System to...
Human evolution has been speeding up tremendously, a new study contends—so much, that the latest evolutionary changes seem to largely eclipse earlier...
Chemicals known as isonitriles are said to have a stench so vile, its victims claim to suffer mental scars for a while....
Invisible 9/11 victims: the unborn Stress over the 2001 attacks apparently triggered hundreds of miscarriages if not more, studies have found. The...
Female guppies seem to risk their lives to flee a barrage of male advances, scientists have found....
For the first time, scientists say they have traced the origin of an “altruism gene,” possibly shedding light on the nagging mystery of how...
Scientists’ reactions have ranged from deep doubt to curiosity over last week’s report of a mutation whose victims walk on all fours....
An editor of a noted scientific journal says he has discovered a genetic defect that seems to set back the clock on human evolution by more than a...
A paper to appear in a scientific journal is raising eyebrows, claiming a strange red rain may have recently brought cells from space to Earth....
A new study suggests good dancing may be sexy because it indicates bodily symmetry. (Article in World Science)...
A researcher says that using ancient teeth, he has learned who the Egyptians may have been before history. (Article in World Science)...
Understanding a condition that kills children by age 13 might benefit them, and the rest of us, scientists believe. (Article in World Science)...
Honeybees may look pretty much all alike to us. But it seems we may not look all alike to them. A study has found that they can learn to recognize...
A brain chemical that boosts trust seems to work by damping connections in brain circuits that process fear, a study suggests. (Article in World...
The information helps explain why dogs are so diverse, and their relationship to humans, according to scientists. (Story in World Science)...
Archaeologists are reporting the earliest known portrait of a woman from the Mayan civilization. (Article in World Science)...
Scientists say the little bombs could advance recycling as they annihilate people. (Story in World Science)...
Astronomers report a tiny "failed star" possibly in the process of forming a solar system a hundredth the size of our own....
Mystery “solved”: how honeybees fly Scientists found in the 1930s that they couldn’t explain how bees fly, and it has remained somewhat of a puzzle...
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