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The Indonesian island of Sulawesi was a likely stepping stone for ancient hominins to reach nearby Flores, the home of the ...

Unexpected archaeological discoveries are rewriting the story of how the big, bad wolf became our first and most beloved pet ...

A short-term course of a type of psychotherapy was three times more effective at relieving chronic lower back pain than ...

Piles of dirt can cheaply store renewable energy as heat – and that stored energy can reactivate the machinery of retired ...

There are three types of cognitive reserve that can protect against decline as we age. Columnist Helen Thomson explores the ...

We use the Navier-Stokes equations every day, for applications from building rockets to designing drugs. But sometimes they ...

Food is generally considered to be ultra-processed if it includes ingredients that are never or rarely used in kitchens, such ...

Scientists are exploring various proposals to repurpose existing spacecraft in order to chase after the interstellar object ...

When rocks fracture in underground faults, they generate a variety of chemical compounds that could provide more energy ...

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