What's the best way to reveal what an exoplanet is made of? Wait for it to get gravitationally shredded and engulfed by its ...

James Watson – the Nobel laureate co-credited with the discovery of DNA's double-helix structure, but whose reputation was ...

Dawn is beckoned by choruses of birds all around the world, but we still don't understand why our avian neighbours insist on ...

Hundreds of years ago, someone took great pains to carve thousands of holes into a long ridge-top strip in the Andean foothills.

Listening to music into old age could reduce the risk of dementia by almost 40 percent, a new study has found.

When people high in narcissism feel slighted or criticized, it threatens their fragile or inflated self-esteem, prompting ...

"Male humpback dolphins wear sea sponges on their heads as offerings to 'woo' females, a bit like offering a bunch of flowers ...

It's not just strong opiate-based medications that can cause headaches. Common painkillers like paracetamol and NSAIDs ...

The dawn of the Bronze Age was a tumultuous time for many human societies, as the social order of the preceding Copper Age ...

A medieval Maya text for predicting solar eclipses has confused Western readers for centuries, but a pair of researchers may ...

If you've ever wondered why the giraffe has such a long neck, the answer seems clear: it lets them reach succulent leaves ...

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