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What is the world's most dangerous chemical?
There are plenty of harmful chemicals, but the devil is in the details when determining which is the most dangerous.
There are plenty of harmful chemicals, but the devil is in the details when determining which is the most dangerous.
The James Webb Space Telescope found "tiny red dots" in the early universe representing overgrown supermassive black holes and stars that are impossibly old for the infant cosmos.
Bird flu in cows and goats has raised alarm in the U.S. To date, four people are thought to have caught the virus from cattle, but the risk to the general public is low.
A fourth person in the U.S. has caught bird flu after working with infected cows on a farm.
The Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest has revealed the jaw-dropping finalists of its 2024 competition.
New photos from the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter give us our best look yet at a giant ravine on the Red Planet. The dark "scar" was likely birthed by a gigantic blob of magma hidden beneath a massive nearby volcano millions of years ago.
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A new mouse study uncovered a previously unknown route between the brain and peripheral nerves that could explain the link between aura symptoms and migraine headaches.
A new study involving almost 5,500 people suggests that long-term benzodiazepine use may shrink parts of the brain involved in memory and mood regulation.
A 77-square-mile seagrass meadow at the bottom of Shark Bay in Western Australia is both Earth's largest plant and largest clone.
Ancient Egyptians feared hippos, to the point that they removed three of the statuette's legs so it wouldn't cause chaos in the afterlife.
As it is now, the U.S. transplant system treats kidneys from all Black donors as if they are at higher risk for failing, even though only some are.
Does a person's sex dictate how they respond to pain? To a certain degree, yes, but there's a lot scientists don't know.
An archaeologist explains the food's likely appeal for people in the Americas millennia ago.
NASA celebrates the Fourth of July with a dazzling image of an erupting baby star.
A decade after a huge mako shark dubbed "The Beast" was caught off the California coast, experts search for its enormous relatives.
Archaeologists at Sutton Hoo, a 1,400-year-old boat burial in England, have discovered pieces of a broken bucket from the Byzantine Empire.
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The new mechanical computer uses 64 physical cubes to represent binary bits and is inspired by kirigami — the Japanese art of paper-folding and cutting.