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The death toll from the catastrophic floods that swept through parts of Nepal and Tibet last week has risen beyond 1,000 people, while thousands of people remain missing. Among them are hundreds of ...

The newfound star S301 orbits the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole so closely that its view of the heavens gets twisted ...

A researcher’s social media post revealing how to break part of a popular encryption protocol has gone viral. But did he ...

Experts say there is not enough evidence to support broadly screening men for testosterone without any symptoms ...

A posthumous award in medicine was given to the late Japanese physiologist Tokuji Unno for his landmark 1977 study on the ...

The Trump administration has so far been silent on flu, COVID and RSV vaccine guidance for the coming season, even as these ...

A recent CDC analysis says that, between 2016 and 2024, the rate of high blood pressure among pregnant women rose by 73 ...

After a flawless launch, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on a mission to solve some of the universe’s biggest ...