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Optogenetics, recognized by the 2026 medicine Nobel, makes cells respond to light, including eye cells that normally relay ...

A decades-old claim linking caregiving stress to risk of death has stuck around, hampering research into its benefits. But ...

Microblazars — a miniature version of blazars — may be responsible for mysterious ultra-high-energy particles.

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Herugavialis is the new name for a fossil found in the same rocks that built the Great Sphinx. The reptile is a unique branch ...

Fresh boulder tracks on Mars could reveal how a quake shook the planet and help scientists detect future tremors from orbit.

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One theory points to a long-awaited supersymmetric particle called a ‘higgsino.’ But that idea has some issues.

If you're one of those unfortunate souls who steps outside in shorts for thirty seconds and returns looking like a human ...