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Is the midlife crisis a common rite of passage—or just a mythical concept that makes for grabby headlines? Research measuring...

A researcher working alone – apart from the world and the rest of the wider scientific community – is a...

Normal metabolic activity produces reactive oxygen species (ROS) that, if not eliminated, can damage cellular components. As a result, ROS...

This Equation Shows That the Universe Will Run out of StarsThe cosmos is dark. The Lilly-Madau diagram reveals that it...

Take a moment to imagine the moon, conjuring its speckled surface inside your mind. Think of its imperfections, its spots...

In mammals, the chromosomes that an individual is endowed with influence sex determination. This process occurs during embryonic development and...

A few years ago a Scottish mountaineer who was descending Broad Peak—a menacing, 26,400-foot Himalayan crag on the Pakistan-China border—fell...

To fully understand how ancient plastic surgery is one need only look to the root of its meaning.The term plastic...

Increasingly, scientists recognize how fundamental gut bacteria are to human health. The microbiome’s radius of influence even extends as far...

Early on a recent Monday morning, the head of NASA’s science division shared to social media a triumphant photograph of...