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Credit: Kevin Fitzsimons, The Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio - The reproductive history of the unisexual, ladies-only salamander species is...

Credit: Suel Lab, UC San Diego It's the way we end up with a fresh cup of coffee from a...

Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science In 1924, Russian biochemist Alexander Oparin claimed that life on Earth developed through gradual chemical...

Homing pigeons use familiar smells to navigate their way across hundreds of kilometers of unfamiliar territory. Researchers have now confirmed...

Credit: Dr. Freek Vonk Researchers at Swansea University's College of Science are part of an international team that has discovered...

Credit: Genevieve Ali Add just enough fertilizer, and crops thrive. Add too much, and you may end up with contaminated...

Infection from the globally prevalent parasite Toxoplasma gondii may increase a person's likelihood of pursuing entrepreneurial and business-related activities, new...

NEW YORK, NY -- This week, The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research announced a $1M grant to the New York...

Darwin, Australia: A team of malaria experts from a large international research collaboration has published results supporting the need for...

A team of tiny molecules that work together to make cancer cells less aggressive has been discovered by Australian researchers....

Credit: Loïc Dupré & Javier Rey-Barroso (Vienna, July 25, 2018) In order to move, a body needs a strong scaffold....

Credit: Fossil lizard images courtesy of Nicholas Edwards and Wang Yuan. A newly published experimental protocol, involving University of Bristol...

Taking water and ripping it apart into hydrogen and oxygen could form the basis of artificial photosynthetic devices that could...

People are often notified about poor air quality by weather apps, and this happens frequently in urban areas, where levels...

It takes a long time to make a fossil. The fossilized dinosaur bones you see in museums spent tens of...

Credit: Bruce Lyon Scientists studying winter flocks of golden-crowned sparrows at the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum have discovered surprisingly complex...

Credit: International League of Conservation Photographers/Claudio Contreras-Koob A simple body-shape analysis can reveal what part of the ocean a fish...

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (July 25, 2018) - Severe pneumonia causes a buildup of fluid...

The Buck Institute announced today that it is establishing the world's first Center for Female Reproductive Longevity and Equality. A...

Credit: Dr. Jan-Bernd Stukenborg, Karolinska Institutet and University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden Scientists have discovered that some treatments for cancer and...