Learn how a computer simulation demonstrates that tectonic activity may be less slow and steady than previously thought.

Learn why lung cancer led the drop in cancer mortality rates, but cancer forms related to obesity continue to rise.

Learn more about how shifting biodiversity has resulted in a surprising evolutionary change for rattlesnake venom.

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Learn how forensic evidence confirms that gladiator and lion combat did occur, and why experts think these fights didn't just ...

Chimps' enjoyment of and willingness to share alcohol-infused fruit hints at possible ancient roots of social drinking.

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Learn why the planet, BD+05 4868 Ab, is only the fourth such discovered and will disappear in one to two million years.

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With aircraft increasingly targeted by GPS jammers, the search for new ways to navigate is hotting up.

Learn about the role of olfaction in friendship, which indicates that finding a friend is, at least in some sense, related to ...