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Keratin proteins form our skin, hair and nails — but when mutated, they can mess with the immune system, driving diseases like psoriasis and eczema, new…
An incoming comet could provide one of the year’s most exciting skywatching events, but only for early risers.The comet, named C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS), is currently brightening…
Humans are depleting Earth’s fresh water at a dizzying rate by pumping groundwater and sucking rivers dry. Continents are losing enough water each year to meet…
The patient: A 58-year-old woman in GreeceThe symptoms: The patient, who worked outdoors on a Greek island, developed pain around the center of her face that…
“Forever chemicals” — technically known as perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) — are remarkably useful things. They’re also among the most dangerous pollutants on the planet,…
In medieval Spain, two men were buried in a prehistoric stone monument that had been constructed millennia earlier. Now, a new analysis of these burials is…
NASA has released its first batch of photos taken by the Artemis II astronauts during their historic flyby around the far side of the moon.The first…
Researchers have been training artificial intelligence (AI) systems to interpret results of visual tests like mammograms, MRIs and tissue biopsies — and as AI becomes increasingly…
A critically endangered bird that almost went extinct 30 years ago just recorded a major milestone: The kākāpō recovery program in New Zealand has celebrated the…
Cars on the road today are 99% cleaner than they were in 1970. Air quality in the United States is much, much better as a result.…













