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The Human Genome Project was launched in 1990, preceded by decades of breakthroughs in genetics. It eventually gave us a sequence of the human genome. Yet, while the physical rules behind the genome&r ...

From osteoarthritis to a splitting migraine, when you're experiencing pain, exercise can seem like the last thing you want or think you should do. But according to new Adelaide University research pub ...

When Caitlin Bloomer wrestled the massive Crawzilla crawdad — yes, that’s its actual common name — out of the muck during a bio-survey event in Kentucky, she was convinced it was the ...

Stroke is becoming more common among younger adults, according to a study published September 23, 2026, in Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Researchers found t ...

In neurodegenerative blinding diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa, the eye’s primary light-capturing photoreceptors ...

We imagine advanced alien civilizations building gigantic spaceships, Dyson spheres and empires spanning entire galaxies. But ...

A recent op-ed published in RealClearScience called for ending the Universal Service Fund (USF), which supports connectivity ...

We all do dishes. And we think we do it the best way. But should you rinse the suds off? Is hand-washing better on germs and ...

Way back at the dawn of aviation, during a public flight exhibition of all things, a gull jammed a plane’s controls, crashing ...

The numbers paint a grim picture. Roughly half of all U.S. adults are lonely, according to a 2023 report, and nearly as many feel socially isolated. Though just as serious as other health risks, lonel ...

(via Sabine Hossenfelder) 66 million years ago an asteroid hit Earth and the dinosaurs died. The story we usually tell is ...