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Credit: University of Southern Denmark For the first time, researchers have shown that a marine birds can hear under water....

Credit: Wyss Institute and Harvard Medical School. (BOSTON) - The microbiome, or the collections of microorganisms present in the body,...

Credit: University of Tsukuba Narcolepsy, a serious sleep disorder in which patients often fall asleep uncontrollably, has been incurable because...

Scientists are seeking to develop chickpeas that can flourish in dry climates, to help some of the world's poorest farmers...

Overheated cities face climate change costs at least twice as big as the rest of the world because of the...

Credit: Kyoto University Kyoto & San Diego -- Is a warmer Arctic a canary of global warming? Since the 1970s...

Copenhagen, Denmark: New genomic tools are enabling researchers to overturn long-held beliefs about the origins of populations, a researcher will...

Copenhagen, Denmark: Urinary incontinence in women is common, with almost 50% of adult women experiencing leakage at least occasionally. Genetic...

The first comprehensive study of deaths in Australian nursing homes has been published today (29 May), revealing a more than...

Copenhagen, Denmark: Higher than normal body mass index (BMI) is known to lead to cardiovascular ill-health in mid-to-late life, but...

Scientists are a step closer to understanding the inner-workings of the universe following the laying of the first stone, and...

Credit: Justo Lorenzo Bermejo and colleagues. Latin Americans originate from a mix of people with Native American, European and African...

Credit: Glenn Lowson A newly completed project in a remote corner of southwestern Ontario is being hailed as a landmark...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The shells of marine organisms take a beating from impacts due to storms and tides, rocky shores,...