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A study tracking more than 340,000 adults for over a decade found that heavy drinking increased the risk of death regardless ...

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Deep underground, bacteria may be capable of doing something remarkable: trapping toxic uranium before it spreads. When ...

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An intensive seven-day meditation retreat triggered striking changes across the brain and body, including shifts tied to ...

Atomically thin semiconductors could enable dramatically smaller and more efficient chips, but a stubborn problem at the ...

Getting the recommended 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous exercise each week may offer only modest protection against heart ...

CT scans of the world’s rarest dodo skulls suggest the extinct bird may have had a stronger sense of smell, a highly ...