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A nuclear bomb could save Earth from a catastrophic asteroid impact, according to a first-of-its-kind lab study.The new experiment, conducted using the world’s most powerful laboratory…

A new option for cervical cancer screening gives patients a less-invasive alternative to conventional tests.These new “self-collection tests” are scheduled to arrive in doctor’s offices nationwide…

Back in April and May 2024, various universities and weather agencies predicted there would be more hurricanes in the Atlantic than usual this year. Warm seas…

Plants can grow with much less light than previously thought, according to a new study on tiny water-based organisms called microalgae that has been published in…

Sharks are some of the most successful, fierce and mysterious predators our world has ever known. With a history spanning around half a billion years, the…

A mysterious white substance smeared on the heads and necks of 3,600-year-old mummies in China is the world’s oldest cheese.Researchers initially discovered the enigmatic material smudged…

For the first time, scientists have stored a copy of humanity’s genetic blueprint inside a near-indestructible “5D memory crystal” — a new data storage format that…

Clouds of pollen floating over the mammoth steppe at the end of the last ice age may have helped drive woolly mammoths to extinction, a new…

Measuring animal intelligence is tricky. As humans, we can only compare the smarts of other creatures with our own — an inherently biased benchmark.”Asking which species…

A nasal spray version of the annual flu vaccine can now be taken at home, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says.In a statement published…