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Researchers from the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, investigated the links between long-term leisure-time physical ...

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More than five years after a landmark study in the journal Science showed that North American bird populations declined by ...

Special thanks to Chuankun Zhang, Tian Ooi, Jacob S. Higgins, and Jack F. Doyle from Prof. Jun Ye's lab at JILA/NIST/University of Colorado, as well as Prof. Victor Flambaum from UNS ...

Until now, at least 14 different species have been assigned to the genus Homo since it emerged in Ethiopia some 2.8 million ...

Researchers have advanced a decades-old challenge in the field of organic semiconductors, opening new possibilities for the ...

Black holes – areas of space where gravity is so strong that not even light can escape – have long been objects of ...

Last week during President Trump’s State of the Union, he declared: “As commander in chief, my focus is on building the most ...

A human skull fragment discovered at the Sima del Elefante site at Atapuerca has become the oldest face in Western Europe.

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You've heard of Pompeii and the volcano that wiped it out, but how much do you REALLY know about this incredibly famous place ...