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Learn how an Irish study of over 2,500 older adults found no significant association between drinking fluoridated tap water ...

Learn how a new study identified that a cat’s meow is likely a social signal directed at humans rather than a generalized ...

Learn about a "dead" white dwarf star and a sun-like star orbiting each other, emitting radio signals that flash every eight minutes.

Learn how researchers used X-rays to build a 3D model of the beetle without cutting into the amber, identify a fossil that ...

Learn how microscopic traces of resin, plant fiber, and possible poison are revealing how people hunted beside a lake in what ...