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Once a leading cause of death for children across the western world, scarlet fever was nearly eradicated thanks to 20th century medicine. But fresh outbreaks in...
The length and quality of a person's menstrual cycle can be a crucial indicator of their overall health, and new research suggests doctors should be monitoring...
Astronomers have obtained the highest resolution near-infrared images yet of the Carina Nebula, a thick cloud of dust and gas in which stars are actively formin...
A trip to the supermarket presents shoppers with an overwhelming number of milk choices. And far from just being the domain of the modern hipster, plant-based...
From the poles to the tropics, the oceans to our cities, we've mapped the fluctuations in temperature that are leading to a climate crisis.
As the world warms up, melting ice sheets across the globe are exposing everything from trapped methane gas to Viking remains.
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A windowpane or a tumbler might shatter quite easily, but solid glass is actually a lot more rigid and strong than it technically should be, if...
Even once a person gets sick with a coronavirus that's no guarantee they won't contract it again, new research suggests.