Many neurodegenerative diseases, or conditions that result from the loss of function or death of brain cells, remain largely untreatable....

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A private Chinese solid rocket has conducted its first successful launch, two years after failing its first test flight.A Kuaizhou...

The oldest DNA ever recovered has revealed a remarkable two-million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland, including the presence of an unlikely explorer:...

DNA fragments recovered from an ice sheet in northern Greenland represent the oldest DNA ever found, a group of Danish...

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High winter sea levels in Venice are linked to warmer sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic Ocean, and cooling...

This week offers an excellent opportunity to view Mars in the night sky as it puts on quite a show...

The Indonesian island of Java’s tallest volcano, Semeru, sent an ash cloud nearly a mile into the air this week—the...