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An Ebola epidemic in Central Africa has been declared a “public health emergency of international concern” by the World Health Organization (WHO).As of May 22, over 800 Ebola cases have…
Two decades ago, a landmark study showed that the brains of kids with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) take longer to mature. But new research suggests that this result, which was based…
Sable Island, off the coast of Nova Scotia, is home to the world’s largest gray seal breeding colony — and the site of a gruesome, decades-old mystery that’s finally been…
In recent years, researchers across the world have been publishing increasingly older ages for prehistoric rock art. Among the headliners is a painting of a warty pig in Indonesia that…
Harvard scientists have been honored for creating the world’s first “vagina-on-a-chip,” a groundbreaking device that mimics the female reproductive tract using living human cells. The tiny lab-grown model allows researchers…
Researchers have cast doubt on an influential 2025 study that claimed a new artificial intelligence (AI) model could accurately simulate human thought.That study, published in the journal Nature, concluded that…
One of Neptune’s largest moons has stuck around the neighborhood much longer than scientists previously thought — in fact, it may be the sole survivor of the planet’s earliest days.Nereid,…
About 800 years ago, two people were buried in an embrace in a prominent church in Poland. Now, a new DNA analysis of the “hugging skeletons” reveals that both individuals…
There’s a new T. rex in town, but this one didn’t hunt on land. It ruled the ancient seas.Scientists have described a new species of mosasaur, a member of a…
The average small business owner wears five “hats” on any given day, according to new research — and not all of them fit. A survey of 1,000 American small business…