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A controversial scientific paper that claimed the weed killer glyphosate (brand name Roundup) "does not pose a health risk to ...

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To date, the Voyager 2 probe has provided the only direct measurements of the radiation environment at Uranus. This led to ...

When I worked on the latest Global Burden of Disease cancer study, a global project that tracks cancer patterns and deaths ...

Years ago, humanity lost one of its last surviving hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (also known as "the hobbit" thanks to its small stature).

In a Maryland operating room one day in November 2025, doctors made medical history by transplanting a genetically modified pig kidney into a living patient.

A recipient of a kidney transplant presented a medical mystery when he died from rabies in January 2025 only weeks after his ...

Oddly shaped conch shells found at Neolithic archaeological sites dating back 6,000 years could have served as technology for ...

A brutal confluence of environmental change and human fishing habits left tens of thousands of adult African penguins off ...