Scientists may have finally worked out where gold came from in the early universe.In a new study, researchers revealed that…
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Some of the strangest mammals on the planet just got even stranger. It turns out that echidnas — spine-covered, egg-laying…
In a controversial announcement earlier this month, scientists with the company Colossal Biosciences claimed they have brought back dire wolves…
Disease name: Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP)Affected populations: Xeroderma pigmentosum is a rare genetic disorder that makes people’s skin extremely sensitive to…
QUICK FACTSOrigin of the word “robot”‘: The 1920 play “Rossum’s Universal Robots,” by Karel ČapekThe first robot: Unimate, created in…
The patient: A 64-year-old man in SpainThe symptoms: The patient, who had previously been diagnosed with lung cancer, had been…
Researchers in China say they have created a new silicon-free transistor that could significantly boost performance while reducing energy consumption.…
Astronomers thought the Perseus cluster was a massive-but-stable grouping of galaxies, until they found hints of a collision with another…
The earliest known domestic cat in what is now the United States perished 466 years ago in a shipwreck off…
Germ theory is the idea that pathogens can invade the human body and cause disease — and it wasn’t always…