For most people, cold weather is an inconvenience, requiring an extra layer of clothing or the thermostat to be turned up.

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After a decade of work, researchers are closer than ever to a key breakthrough in kidney transplants: being able to transfer ...

Astronomers have announced the discovery of what appears to be an "ice cold Earth," a chilly but potentially habitable rocky world similar to our own located less than 150 light-years away.

A newly discovered comet has astronomers excited, with the potential to be a spectacular sight in early April.

While we have sent probes billions of kilometers into interstellar space, humans have barely scratched the surface of our own ...

In geology terms, a clast is just a word for a small rock fragment stuck inside a bigger rock. Finding clasts isn't ...

Autism has historically been viewed as a condition that affects men and boys more frequently than women and girls.

Baby long-necked dinosaurs might have been the fast food of the Jurassic Period. A detailed food web of the time, ...

Physical abilities fade as we age, but many of us like to think that won't be an issue until we're well into our golden years ...

Scientists wondered whether Kanzi had the capacity to play pretend – that is, act like something is real while knowing it's ...