It turns out that whoever named the great white shark must have been underneath one, looking up, when they did so: “The name ...

Essentially, the helicity "barrier" alters turbulent dissipation, changing how fluctuations dissipate and how the plasma is heated. The team has now analyzed data from the Parker Solar Probe, and it ...

The genetic signals are associated with the immune system and nervous system, matching symptoms patients report.

R esearchers have successfully induced lucid dreams involving feelings of compassion and a sense of ego-loss in four ...

On August 6, 1945, the US dropped the first nuclear bomb on the unsuspecting Japanese city of Hiroshima. This cataclysmic ...

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C alifornian authorities are warning people to avoid the meat of wild pigs in Monterey County as something strange and deeply ...

However, the peaks are limited and very valuable real estate on the Moon, and there are not that many to go around. In a ...

There have been several claims in the last decade about the most massive black holes. They are all in the several tens of ...

Still, it is clear that post-79 CE Pompeii was a shadow of its former self and the city was never fully restored to its former glory. Life there was, almost literally, post-apocalyptic.

Technology such as IVF "has helped create more equitable opportunities for family formation" for millions, say researchers.

If we hope to one day communicate with alien species, it might help to understand the minds of the creatures who share our ...