Although Israel failed to completely destroy Hamas as it had intended, it succeeded – with the help of its Western allies and many Arab and Islamic countries – in forcing Hamas to sign a humiliating ...

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In a study published this week in the journal Nature, researchers found that the key to the whales’ lifespans is a ...

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Decades of research has viewed DNA as a sequence-based instruction manual; yet every cell in the body shares the same genes – so where ... New research reveals the second language of the human genome ...

In this 4.4-million-year-old skeleton, scientists may have found the missing step between climbing and walking.

Intermountain Health surgeons have achieved a medical milestone for Utah patients by successfully performing the state’s first procedure to repair a lesion or t ...

One study found that agricultural workers had more than 35 times the risk of heat-related deaths than other workers. But ...

Vladimir Putin claims organ transplants could make us live to 150. But even healthy organs fail with time – ageing can’t be ...

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Sarah Lynch Baldwin is a deputy managing editor of CBSNews.com. She helps lead national and breaking news coverage and shapes editorial workflows. More remains of Israeli hostages were handed over by ...