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First of its kind 'butt drag fossil' discovered in South Africa — and it was left by a fuzzy elephant relative 126,000 years ago
The first hyrax fossil tracks and traces ever to be discovered were identified on South Africa's coast.
We sharpened the James Webb telescope's vision from a million miles away. Here's how.
A small piece of metal engineered in Australia helped sharpen the James Webb telescope's vision from a million miles away.
A toxicologist explains when you can safely cut the moldy part off food, and when it's best to toss it
Molds and bacteria can produce dangerous toxins — and they don’t taste very good, either.
Would you get rid of daylight saving time?
The clocks in the U.S. will be "falling back" on Sunday, Nov. 2, marking the end of daylight saving time for 2025. If you could decide, would you abandon it forever?
There is such a thing as 'settled science' — anyone who says otherwise is trying to manipulate you
Opinion How bad-faith arguments sow doubt by weaponizing scientific humility.
COVID-19 mRNA vaccines can trigger the immune system to recognize and kill cancer, research finds
The researchers found that mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines could potentially help patients whose tumors don’t respond well to traditional immunotherapy.
Chemo hurts both cancerous and healthy cells. But scientists think nanoparticles could help fix that.
As it does with other pathogens, your immune system sees drugs as foreign invaders to be expelled from your body. But exploiting this process could reduce the side effects of chemotherapy.
'Health impacts are being felt in real time': How the CDC is being decimated by the Trump administration
Opinion The CDC's current crisis has been building since Trump's first week in office and boiled over after Kennedy fired the agency's newly appointed director.
