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At least one Medici was plagued by a deadly strain of malaria, analysis of organ tissue from the Medici family tomb reveals.

Italy's Campi Flegrei is showing some troubling early warning signs, scientists have discovered — although they caution that its eruption is far from certain.

The enormous gamma-ray burst, called the Brightest Of All Time (or BOAT), may be powered by its strange jet structure, scientists say.

A computer model created by researchers can detect ChatGPT-generated fake studies more than 99% of the time, a new study shows.

The unrest may be due to slight changes in pressure or in the amount of water seeping into the underground reservoir system.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe plunged into the sun's atmosphere to capture the granular details of how its solar wind is made.

The plant-eating, raptor-like dinosaur lived during a time of great transition around 99 million years ago and was named after the Roman god Janus.

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A collection of prehistoric flutes unearthed in Israel once used by the Natufians are some of the oldest musical instruments in the world.

New York City's normally good air quality rating recently plummeted to the worst of any major city in the world, as wildfire smoke drifted over the city from Canada.

Brilliant new signals from a far-off galaxy confirm that the system is anchored by a pair of black holes locked in a daring dance.

A prehistoric site in Greece pushes back the earliest known hominin presence in the region by up to 250,000 years.

Experiments suggest that taurine, an unusual amino acid, can extend some animals' life spans, but it's unclear if it would work in humans.

A necropsy revealed that the animal may have been infected with avian influenza, which would be "a big deal" if it is confirmed by further testing, scientists say.

The 1.5-million-light-year-long gas trail was caused by a group of galaxies moving 3 million miles per hour

A record-breaking drilling attempt, which dug more than a kilometer into an underwater mountain in the Atlantic Ocean, has given scientists a treasure trove of rocks to study for clues to Earth's inner workings.

A dentist noticed a lump on a patient's tongue, and it turned out to have an unusual cause.

Octopuses edit their RNA to adapt to fluctuating temperatures, from the warm waters of summer to chilly ocean temperatures in winter.

A new study shows that gene therapy could be an effective form of birth control for cats.