In the mid-1980s, scientists published a startling finding–a giant hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica. That’s the ...

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Choose your fighter for the origin of water on Earth! Was it always here or did it come to this planet from somewhere else in ...

Organoids are bits of neural tissue that model human brain development. Their use in science makes some uneasy, in part because the brain is so closely tied to our sense of self. Research on ...

We reported on all sorts of products and practices promising to make you healthy last year. Here are the ones that stood up ...

Have you ever fantasized about going back in time to relive a moment — or change it?Maybe you’re more interested in traveling ...

Researchers studying the human brain shared a lot of fascinating research this year, like how to keep brains young and how to reduce inflammation in joints. And it has been a banner year in brain ...

The much anticipated series finale of Netflix's Stranger Things is predicated on wormholes — a concept in physics that often appears in science fiction. So what are wormholes?