Spaceflight has a gender problem. Depending on how you count, 700-ish people have been to space, but only about 100 of them ...

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A CDC spokesperson told Newsweek that "the number of babesiosis cases reported each year has increased over time." ...

Exercise seems to help prevent cancer and reduce the growth of tumours, and that protective effect may be due to the way ...

The quote came from an essay titled "Real Patriots Ask Questions," which Sagan co-authored with Ann Druyan, his widow and ...

Maintaining good overall health is key to living a long life, but we may want to particularly focus on the state of our brain ...

A new project backed by film-maker Sir Peter Jackson aims to bring the extinct South Island giant moa back to life in less than eight years. The South Island giant moa stood up to 3.6 metres tall, ...

On Nov. 30, 1942, a torpedo sank the heavy cruiser New Orleans, sending it to the bottom of the Pacific. Its whereabouts were lost to history — until now.

The three scientists joined the administration after it dismissed hundreds of experts who were assessing how global warming ...

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Archaeological evidence shows that 30,000 years ago, Palaeolithic people travelled from the island now known as Taiwan to the ...