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There's some truth to the urban legend that certain toads have psychedelic properties, but licking them isn't a good idea.

Here's why you may start tearing up while slicing an onion.

Blood tests that detect early cancer are coming to market. Could they lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment?

Comets don't visit often — here's how to capture comet Lemmon, comet 3I/ATLAS, on your camera as they dance across our skies.

A woman's abdominal discomfort turned out to be caused by a build up of food in her stomach. And the treatment involved diet soda.

Earth from space A 2025 satellite photo shows a particularly complex section of the Yarlung Zangbo River as it twists its way through the Tibetan Plateau. This part of the "braided" waterway has experienced drastic visual changes over recent decades, which could soon be accentuated by climate change.

This spooky skeleton was likely made to remind Roman banqueters that life is short.

How would history have unfolded if Christopher Columbus had never reached the New World?

The Hubble Space Telescope reveals how color filters tease out the life cycles of stars in spiral galaxy NGC 6000 — while a surprise asteroid streaks through the frame.

There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?