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It was big news years ago when Mars orbiters found streaks of what appeared to be water running down Martian cliffs and ...

Yellow fever is a dangerous mosquito-borne virus that, for hundreds of years, has caused sporadic, deadly outbreaks in the ...

Rising seas will severely test humanity's resilience in the second half of the 21st century and beyond, even if nations defy ...

Being pregnant in the Viking Age was surely no picnic, but this experience has been largely ignored, in part because there ...

A 115-year-old Surrey woman named Ethel Caterham has officially been handed the title of the oldest living human alive.

Gout is often associated with drinking too much or not eating healthily enough, but research suggests genetics play more of a ...

Taurine is an amino acid occurring naturally in the body, and found in energy drinks as well as foods like fish and meat – ...

It's a question that's long been the cause of debate: is it better to shower in the morning or at night? Morning shower ...

Recent observations by JWST of TRAPPIST-1 c ruled out a thick carbon dioxide atmosphere, indicating that the planet is not as ...

Reading on the toilet is something many people do, but the time-sucking powers of smartphones may have us sitting on the ...