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Our ancient ancestors have done some interesting things to human bones over the years, but one example from the Iron Age ...

In February 2025, flu rates spiked to the highest levels seen in at least 15 years, with flu outpacing COVID-19 infections ...

Ever set off too many of the bitter taste receptors on your tongue? You probably spat out whatever it was in your mouth, and ...

Life's most vital elixir may have formed within 200 million years of the Big Bang, new research suggests. Conditions for producing water were thought to be lacking this early on because heavier ...

Diamond is well-known for being the hardest natural material on Earth, though synthetic forms have been developed that are even tougher – a feat that researchers have managed again, through a new ...

A US company successfully landed its spacecraft on the Moon on Sunday, marking only the second private mission to achieve the milestone – and the first to do so upright.

Measles is an ancient disease caused by a virus that probably evolved in cattle and jumped into humans around 500 B.C. One of ...