Scientists pinpointed key "regulators" that help control the metabolisms of hibernators, and say the same genes might hold ...

New reconstructions based on the skeletons of two sisters who lived in a prehistoric mining community in what is now the Czech Republic show what they likely looked like and wore.

Giant, ridge-like structures of methane ice, known as "bladed terrain," may be much more abundant along Pluto's equator than previously realized, a new study suggests.

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The results were surprising: when people reported mind blanking, their brains showed hyperconnectivity — a global, synchronized activity pattern similar to that seen in deep sleep. Typically, when we ...

New simulations suggest that up to four of the solar system's rocky planets, including Earth and a long-lost world, once orbited in mathematical harmony around the infant sun.

Scientists have released nine dazzling images from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, blending data with the Hubble and James ...

Frogs' porous skin is also how they drink. "That water is getting into all those spaces in the skin, and is then being ...

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The technological singularity — the point at which artificial general intelligence surpasses human intelligence — is coming.

A new study has revealed that "junk DNA" descended from ancient viruses could play a key role in controlling genes.