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How 10 animals evolved their iconic features
Why are whales so big? Why are giraffe's necks so long? Here are the origins of 10 iconic features in the animal kingdom.
Why does the moon sometimes have a 'halo'?
The moon's halo is always 22 degrees wide in the night sky when it appears. So what causes it?
2nd tuberculosis outbreak linked to bone grafts in the...
Following two recent outbreaks, health officials have issued new guidance around how to screen donated tissues for tuberculosis.
Electric pulses to the brain may make people easier to...
In a new clinical trial, short bursts of brain stimulation briefly made patients with chronic pain more susceptible to hypnosis.
Satellite images reveal just how much cities on the US...
"Continuous unmitigated subsidence on the U.S. East Coast should cause concern."
Dinosaur finger bone from Lesotho rock shelter suggests...
Africans discovered dinosaur fossils long before the term 'paleontology' existed
Scientists have a new way to find oceans — and possible...
Scientists have proposed a new technique to help researchers identify oceans on exoplanets — a key step to finding life outside our...
Why do we have leap years? And how did they come about?
We have just entered a leap year, meaning we will get an extra day this year. But why do we need these extended years and how did...
